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UNESCO designates ancient Jericho ruins as World Heritage Site, sparking Israeli ire
Middle East

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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