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Bamiyan’s ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans
World

Bamiyan’s ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans

Carved into dun-colored cliffs, hundreds of manmade caves situated next to empty niches that once sheltered giant Buddha statues destroyed…
UNESCO chief warns about jihadist ‘culture cleansing’
Art news

UNESCO chief warns about jihadist ‘culture cleansing’

The head of the UN cultural organisation on Wednesday called for a campaign against the "culture cleansing" being carried out…
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’
Environment

UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’

The heritage committee of the UNESCO cultural agency said on Wednesday that the outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef was…
UNESCO holds meeting in Cairo on flood hazards
Environment

UNESCO holds meeting in Cairo on flood hazards

The consultative meeting for the UNESCO national coordinators will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday at the organization’s headquarters in Cairo…
UNESCO chief: Destruction of Palmyra would be ‘enormous loss to humanity’
Archaeology

UNESCO chief: Destruction of Palmyra would be ‘enormous loss to humanity’

The destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Palmyra would be an "enormous loss to humanity", the head of…
Sisi, UNESCO chief condemn extremists’ destruction of heritage sites
Archaeology

Sisi, UNESCO chief condemn extremists’ destruction of heritage sites

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and UNESCO chief Irina Bokova have condemned extremist assaults on cultural heritage in the Middle East,…
UNESCO to launch heritage preservation campaign from Cairo
Archaeology

UNESCO to launch heritage preservation campaign from Cairo

UNESCO will sponsor the launch of a campaign aimed at preserving heritage sites endangered by extremism on Wednesday. The organization’s regional…
Egypt proposes more sites to UNESCO’s heritage list
Archaeology

Egypt proposes more sites to UNESCO’s heritage list

Egypt’s delegate to the UNESCO, Mohamed sameh Amr, has said that Egypt is going to ask the organization to add…
UNESCO official: Visiting Egypt dream come true
Archaeology

UNESCO official: Visiting Egypt dream come true

UNESCO’s General Conference chairman Ping Hao made a tour on Thursday at a number of touristic landmarks in Cairo and…
UN international day urges end to impunity of journalist murders
Egypt

UN international day urges end to impunity of journalist murders

UNESCO is marking on Sunday the International Day to End Impunity of Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) as the international organization’s…
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