Part of a canal in Greater Manchester should become a world heritage site, an MP has said. Lisa Smart, the Liberal Democrat ...

The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization works to preserve significant and inspirational places worldwide. Designated World Heritage sites, they are as diverse as Yellowstone Nationa ...

Lebanon's heritage sites have faced increasing threat-and in some case outright damage-from Israeli air strikes.

The UN cultural agency UNESCO said Thursday it would consider enhanced protection of ancient sites in Lebanon after a wave of ...

Dinorwic has become a magnet for tourists eager for a peek into a different world. The quarry is now part of an UNESCO World ...

Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon have damaged and threatened several important monuments, while Baalbek ...

Lake Ohrid, a UNESCO World Heritage site that straddles North Macedonia and Albania, is at risk from pollution, overfishing, ...

A robust management plan to continue to protect the Outstanding Universal Value of the Old and New Towns World Heritage Site ...

Highland Council planners have approved a new battery storage system next to The Flow Country heritage site. The new ...

The UN's cultural body on Thursday said it will meet this month to consider enhanced protection of cultural sites in Lebanon as Israeli presses its bombardment campaign against Hezbollah.

Archaeologists in Cambodia have unearthed a dozen centuries-old sandstone statues in a “remarkable discovery” at the Angkor ...