World Heritage Site
UNESCO designates ancient Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site, sparking Israeli ire
Middle East
September 18, 2023
UNESCO designates ancient Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site, sparking Israeli ire
Jerusalem CNN — The United Nations World Heritage Committee voted Sunday to list the Tell es-Sultan archaeological site in Jericho…
‘Blindsided by the beauty’: architects struggle to save Cairo’s historic heart
Culture
September 12, 2019
‘Blindsided by the beauty’: architects struggle to save Cairo’s historic heart
Alaa al-Habashi was looking for ingredients for a Ramadan feast when he stumbled on an Ottoman-era mansion being used as…
Surprise! The world’s oldest mummies are not in Egypt
Archaeology
May 3, 2019
Surprise! The world’s oldest mummies are not in Egypt
Arica, Chile (CNN) — The first humans known to have mummified their dead did so in a rather improbable spot:…
Video: Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai
Books
April 18, 2019
Video: Ancient Christian manuscripts digitized at monastery beneath Mount Sinai
At St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, the silence in the library is broken only by…
Muezzin muscled out: Israeli mosque fires bodybuilder
Middle East
January 31, 2019
Muezzin muscled out: Israeli mosque fires bodybuilder
Ibrahim Masri has been the muezzin calling Muslims to prayer for nearly 15 years in an Israeli city but his…
Egypt seeks to register Pharaoh’s Island on World Heritage List
Egypt
October 5, 2016
Egypt seeks to register Pharaoh’s Island on World Heritage List
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry has concluded its initial case to request the registration of Pharaoh's Island, in Taba, South Sinai, on…
CNN: The only tropical garden to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Life & Style
January 3, 2016
CNN: The only tropical garden to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sorry, Gardens by the Bay -- you might have the world's largest vertical garden, but the 156-year-old Singapore Botanic Gardens…
Bamiyan’s ancient cave dwellings shelter homeless Afghans
World
July 28, 2015
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…
Alamo, Spanish missions in San Antonio named World Heritage Site
Archaeology
July 6, 2015
Alamo, Spanish missions in San Antonio named World Heritage Site
A U.N. agency named the Alamo and the four Spanish colonial Catholic missions in San Antonio as a World Heritage…
UNESCO: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef outlook poor but not ‘in danger’
Environment
July 1, 2015
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…