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          As-Salt city in Jordan is now a Unesco World Heritage Site

          Jordan's As-Salt joins Unesco's World Heritage List

          DestinationsJuly 27, 2021
          A view of Westerbeek House in Frederiksoord, the Netherlands. Frederiksoord is one of the former Colonies of Benevolence, built in 1818 with the aim of giving the poor from the big cities a better life in the countryside. It is now part of a transnational site, covering four settlements, that has been inscribed into the Unesco World Heritage List. EPA

          Sites in Turkey, Georgia, South Korea and Japan added to Unesco heritage List

          DestinationsJuly 27, 2021
          From left to right: the Trans-Iranian Railway, Madrid's El Retiro Park and Telangana's Ramappa Temple are new additions to the Unesco World Heritage list. Reuters, Banda Shridhar Raju, Hossain Javadi

          Unesco adds sites in India, Iran and Spain to World Heritage list

          DestinationsJuly 26, 2021
          Interior of Dacheng Palace Hall. Courtesy Quanzhou Maritime Silk Road World Heritage Nomination Centre

          China's ancient port of Quanzhou added to Unesco World Heritage List

          NewsJuly 25, 2021
          From left: Cordouan Lighthouse, Mathildenhohe Darmstadt, Scrovegni Chapel and Vichy. Unesco

          Which four European sites have been added to Unesco's World Heritage List?

          DestinationsJuly 25, 2021
          Rock art inscriptions in Hima, Najran. Dr Majeed Khan / SCTH

          Saudi Arabia's Hima Cultural Area added to Unesco World Heritage List

          DestinationsJuly 25, 2021
          Hagia Sophia is one of the greatest surviving examples of Byzantine architecture. iStockphoto.com

          Unesco expresses ‘grave concern’ over Hagia Sophia conversion

          NewsJuly 24, 2021
          Abdullah Al Kaabi, Unit Head & Archaeological Survey at the Department of Cultural & Tourism Abu Dhabi, proud of his heritage at the Hili Archaeological Park, Al Ain.

          Al Ain sites celebrate 10 years on Unesco World Heritage List

          UAEJuly 22, 2021
          Britain was disappointed after the UN's cultural agency Unesco voted to remove Liverpool’s waterfront, pictured, from its list of World Heritage sites. AFP

          Unesco strips Liverpool of World Heritage status

          UKJuly 21, 2021
          Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been removed from Unesco's List of World Heritage in Danger

          Unesco removes DRC's Salonga National Park from heritage 'danger' list

          DestinationsJuly 20, 2021
          Zarya Usman, who won the gold laureate in a Unesco writing competition, pictured at her home in Dubai.

          Dubai pupil wins Unesco gold prize for short story on child marriage

          HeritageJuly 19, 2021
          The Liver Building in the background, flanked by modern developments near the Pier Head in Liverpool. Darren Robinson for The National

          Secret ballot to decide Liverpool's Unesco World Heritage fate

          UKJuly 16, 2021
          From left, sites nominated for the Unesco World Heritage List: As-Salt, Jordan; Hima Najran, Saudi Arabia; Vichy, France

          Eight top places that may get Unesco World Heritage status: As-Salt to Nice

          DestinationsJuly 15, 2021
          Thomas Nides is a robust proponent of providing US funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. AP

          Meet Thomas Nides, Biden’s pick for US ambassador to Israel

          WorldJune 17, 2021
          Qala'at al-Bahrain, Jidd Hafs, Bahrain, Middle East. Getty Images

          How the centuries-old mystery of Bahrain's lost civilisation of Dilmun was solved

          HeritageFebruary 03, 2021
          Portugese singer Carlos do Carmo has died aged 81. Getty Images

          Portuguese singer Carlos do Carmo dies aged 81

          MusicJanuary 02, 2021
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