Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the ...

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Paris this month to add to its list of cultural sites around the world deemed to ...

Four new African sites entered the UNESCO World Heritage List, bringing the total number to 112. This year, two African ...

From underwater pirate cities to secret Chinese tombs, UNESCO just minted some of the planet's most extraordinary ...

A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...

UNESCO World Heritage Sites, numbering 1,223 globally as of 2025, celebrate culture, history, and biodiversity. Italy leads ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

All of the new places added to the list this year have “outstanding universal value” and meet at least one out of 10 ...

The world is currently home to 1,248 World Heritage sites across 170 countries, with 44 of these located in India. World ...

South Korea will host its first U.N. World Heritage Convention summit in July 2026 after joining the convention in 1988, ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is considered to have cultural or natural heritage of outstanding value to humanity.

These are the 26 new Unesco World Heritage sites for 2025 - Bavarian palaces and Cambodian memorial sites were considered ‘of ...