Japan's most famous drink sake is now protected with UNESCO status
The Japanese drink, sake, is growing in popularity and now with a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage designation, brewers are hoping love for the drink will…
Palestinian soap-making practice added to UNESCO cultural heritage list
The traditional practice of making a Palestinian soap, is being inscribed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization as being in need of…
UNESCO warns 'selfie-tourism' puts world’s cultural landmarks on the brink of destruction
The negative impacts of 'selfie-tourism’ have dramatically risen in recent years and now UNESCO is warning that the trend may cause destruction to cultural landmarks…
Israel approves new illegal settlement on UNESCO site near Bethlehem | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The Nahal Heletz settlement shrinks Palestinian land and poses ‘imminent threat’ to a World Heritage Site.Israel has approved a new illegal settlement on a UNESCO…
Jordan’s Umm al-Jimal village added to UNESCO heritage list | History News
The earliest structures at the site date back to the first century AD, when it formed part of the Nabataean Kingdom.Jordan’s Umm al-Jimal village has…
UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS
The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq,…
Courtney O’Donnell sworn in as U.S. Permanent Representative to UNESCO
1 of 3 | Vice President Kamala Harris (R) swears in Courtney O'Donnell as Permanent Representative to UNESCO with the rank of ambassador in the…
UNESCO: More than $1B needed to rebuild Ukraine’s public scientific infrastructure
Ukrainian rescuers work on a residential building hit in Russian shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 30, 2023. UNESCO said Monday in a new report…
Looking back on Mungo Man – human remains millennia older than the pyramids – 50 years on
Fifty years ago, Australia's history was rewritten by a chance discovery in Far West New South Wales.Geologist Jim Bowler was on a journey to explore…
Victorian English village named a UNESCO heritage site – with award-winning beers and world-famous attraction
A TINY village in the UK that you may not have heard of is actually a UNESCO heritage site. Saltaire, a Victorian village in West…