In Icelandic, "Vatnajökull" means "the water glacier." At over 3,000 square miles, this massive ice cap covers more than eight percent of Iceland. "I remember the first time I seen a glacier, it moved ...

In recent years, it has become an established practice that a forum is organised in conjunction with each World Heritage Committee session. Since the 41st session of the Committee (Krakow, 2017), site ...

Following an effort two decades in the making, Bethlehem’s historic Moravian Church settlements have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The decision was made early Friday at the World ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is designated by the United Nations as a place of “cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.” It’s sites like the ...

The nation’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site is Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and it’s not hard to see why it gained the ...

UNESCO recently announced new additions to its list of World Heritage Sites. From a white sand cliff in Denmark to a coastal region in West Africa, the list includes stunning and important ...

A spot on the UNESCO list — amid the world’s top natural and cultural locations — means a chance for economic benefits, but also for overtourism. By Ginanne Brownell This article is part of our ...

The historic Moravian District in Bethlehem was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list in 2024 When I first visited ...

View of the rebuilt walls of Babylon, a kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia, now located in the modern-day city of Hillah. The site of Babylon has been selected to be inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage ...

The mud-brick buildings of Djenné, Mali, are among six at-risk African heritage sites spotlighted by a new study. Getty Images Climate change poses a significant threat to cultural and architectural ...