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 ...

More than 100 Lebanese lawmakers appealed to the United Nations on Thursday to ensure the preservation of heritage sites in ...

Every year, this beautiful UNESCO-listed historic city hosts one of Thailand’s most dramatic festivals. But it’s got ...

The building, within the Dinorwig Quarry UNESCO World Heritage site in Wales, was set ablaze in what police have described as ...

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, ...

In recent days, Israeli attacks have come “perilously close” to striking a UN-designated world heritage site in east Lebanon, ...

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

Israel's aggressive actions toward Lebanon pose a significant threat to Baalbek, a 3,000-year-old city listed as a UNESCO ...

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 ...