UN heritage body grants 'provisional enhanced protection' to the Odessa Literary Museum and the National Historical and Memorial Reserve Babyn Yar

The headline-making director-general of Unesco, who clashed with Reagan and Thatcher, died recently at the age of 103

Following an “extraordinary” meeting, the heritage body has put 34 historic sites on its enhanced protection list

Derzhprom, completed in 1928, is an important symbol of Ukrainian national identity

A study by Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO) research group states that fossil fuel activities within Unesco sites across the world are due to produce 11.9 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide

Bank Pekao and the Aleph Zero platform collaborate to keep secure data by tokenising the digitised records of important works of art

A study by the climate risk firm Climate X has shown how drought, extreme heat and flooding has put historic locations across the world at risk

Tauric Chersonese, a Unesco World Heritage Site, has been transformed by Russia into a “historical and archaeological park”

Landmarks in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia also included as committee meets in New Delhi

The “situation” around the fourth-century Monastery of Saint Hilarion has "deteriorated rapidly" due to the war, an expert says

The decision, which may be reviewed in 2026, could pave the way for controversial tunnel redevelopment scheme, say campaigners

What can museums and heritage institutions do about disinformation powered by artificial intelligence?

The Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design reportedly sustained serious damage from falling fragments of a missile

Latest measures are attempt to stem mass tourism and conserve the historic city

Brief truce allowed International Council on Monuments and Sites and Palestinian antiquities ministry to investigate damage on the ground

The archaelogical site, which dates back to the fourth century, has reportedly sustained damage during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war

Many organisations, including Unesco, fear the project will negatively affect the region’s cultural heritage, natural environment and residents when it opens in December

Last month's deadly quakes affected key historic monuments in Herat and beyond

Comments come four days after Icom Israel demanded that the Unesco-affiliated museum organisation condemn Hamas as terrorist organisation

Plus, remembering Fernando Botero and a pioneering Barkley L. Hendricks portrait

The UN cultural body is requesting modifications to the controversial scheme, which will see a dual-carriageway tunnel running close to the ancient heritage site by next year

The ancient site of Tell es-Sultan in Jericho is one of many archaeological sites in the region whose status has been mired in political and territorial disputes

The committee voted to protect ancient sites in China, Iran, the West Bank and along the historic Silk Road, but Venice was not included

Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the historic centre of Lviv join Odesa on Unesco’s endangered list

Italy’s politicians attack the cultural body as “arrogant”, “politicised” and lacking in common sense

Damaging any of the sites inscribed in the agency's new list qualifies as a ‘serious violation’ to the 1954 Hague Convention

Residents, students and visitors in Airbnb properties will be exempt from the scheme, which will be implemented next spring

The organisation has repeatedly bowed to pressure from the Italian government not to do so

The bombing of several buildings including in the historic city centre—a World Heritage Site—has been strongly condemned by Unesco

Following a five-year absence, one of the founding members of the UN's cultural agency is readmitted as the organisation's 194th member state