UNESCO World Heritage
What took you so long? Unesco will ask for Venice to be added to the Endangered Heritage Sites list
The organisation has repeatedly bowed to pressure from the Italian government not to do so
Worried about Chinese influence, the US agrees to rejoin Unesco
The Biden administration has agreed to pay more than $600m in arrears to the United Nation cultural agency responsible for protecting the world's most significant heritage sites
'Lost in limbo': Taliban’s application for Unesco protection of historic Kabul garden still unanswered after a year
United Nations culture organisation has not acknowledged the January 2022 request to add Afghanistan's Bagh-e Babur to the World Heritage List
Ancient Indigenous ‘Stonehenge’ of Ohio to be nominated for Unesco status after ousting of golf club
The Octagon Earthworks are being teed up for nomination for Unesco World Heritage status
First the Taliban, now local planners—Afghanistan's World Heritage site Bamiyan Valley endangered further
Unesco warns of risks of construction works in the archaeological zone where the Bamiyan Buddha statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001
Unesco indefinitely postpones planned world heritage meeting in Russia
The 45th annual meeting of the organisation’s World Heritage Committee was due to take place in June in the Russian city of Kazan
Unesco under pressure to pull world heritage meeting from Russia
UK culture minister, Auschwitz Memorial and Europa Nostra call for the June event to be relocated following Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ancient Chinese sites hit by flash floods this summer
Deadly rains in central Henan province threatened key Unesco World Heritage sites and hundreds of national relics. Experts warn the disaster may be a taste of future trouble
Afghanistan: the historical sites of key concern after the Taliban's return
From the Bamiyan Valley to an ancient spiritual centre of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, former Unesco senior official Francesco Bandarin looks at the embattled country’s most important landmarks
Sacred rock-hewn churches at risk as rebel forces take control of Ethiopia's Unesco World Heritage Site Lalibela
Historic town, a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians, caught up in widening Tigray conflict
Ancient rock art complex Hima listed as Saudi Arabia's sixth Unesco World Heritage site
Global heritage body's decision boosts Saudi government's efforts to promote an open image of the country
Nailed it: Kizhi Pogost church is finally restored on Russian island of remarkable wooden buildings
Newly reopened 18th-century Church of the Transfiguration, topped with 22 domes, is said to have been built without a single nail
Now is the time for Unesco to call Venice's authorities to order
For decades, short-termism and conflicting interests have prevented a sustainable plan for Venice from being developed or enacted
Unesco warns that Stonehenge will go on its danger list unless plans to build tunnel beneath it are modified
World Heritage Site status may also be removed from Liverpool's waterfront after excessive development
The damnation of Venice: locals are being systematically driven out by officials who are selling off sites for tourism
Venetians are leaving the city in thousands because rents are unaffordable, while more than 11% of social housing stands empty
The splendours of the Incan Empire are coming to Boca Raton in blockbuster show
The comprehensive exhibitions features never before shown loans of ancient golden objects and a VR tour of Machu Picchu
Stonehenge: could a road tunnel ruin the ancient site?
Plus, French museums revolt against lockdown closures and artist Crystal Fischetti on Karla Black
World Monuments Fund pleads with Peru's government to delay airport construction work in the Sacred Valley of the Incas
Organisation points out that Peru has not carried out an analysis of the heritage impact on Machu Picchu, Cusco and an Inca road network as requested by Unesco
New heritage body aims to keep Unesco in check by calling on public to report sites in danger
Our World Heritage says it is stepping in to save at-risk locations as “safeguarding has become a secondary concern” for Unesco
Turkish government on collision course with Unesco over turning Hagia Sophia into mosque
President Erdogan’s plans to convert the museum have drawn fire from Greece and the US
Google unlocks prehistoric art of France’s Chauvet cave
One of the world's oldest rock art sites is now accessible through virtual reality
Heritage on the edge: new Google project reveals climate change damage to Unesco sites
Digital visualisations gathered for online exhibit will be a “blueprint” for heritage managers planning climate adaptation in the future
Dramatic speech in Baku challenges Unesco’s support for damaging Venice cruise ship decision
The non-governmental organisation Europa Nostra recommends that the World Heritage Committee put the lagoon city on the endangered list
World Heritage Committee will not discuss Notre Dame at its 2019 annual meeting
France is due to provide a report on the fire-ravaged church this year
Another casualty of the culture wars
Damage to the Egyptian Museum is just the latest example of the politicisation of archaeology.
Construction of dams in Iran submerges crucial archaeological sites
“To see this happen breaks my heart”, says archaeologist Dr Henry Wright
“Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage”: UNESCO has identified new forms of heritage to the extension of the system of listing World Heritage Sites
28 out of 60 nominations were added to the list, raising awareness of 'masterpieces' that are under threat from modernisation
Koichiro Matsuura dubbed "saviour of Unesco"
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, Matsuura explains his reform of Unesco and the return of the US to membership after nearly 20 years
“Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”: A new list by UNESCO
Ancient language, song, dance and performance cannot be kept alive simply in a showcase or tended by curators. This list was produced to highlight their fragility
The Cambodian World Heritage site, Angkor Wat, is finally being restored
An ongoing effort to restore the ancient site has international teams working altogether but using radically different approaches, resulting in unexpected order