Another new update to the World Heritage list was the Peruaçu River Canyon in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a stunning canyon with ...

A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...

Korea on Tuesday called on Unesco's heritage oversight body to step in if Japan continues to backtrack on its promise to ...

But now, that familiar forest has a new title — one that puts it on par with Mount Kinabalu and the ancient caves of Niah. As ...

Other new Heritage Sites include Italy’s domus de janas, or ‘fairy houses’ in Sardinia, the Megaliths of Carnac and of Morbihan in France, the Minoan Palatial Centres of Crete in Greece and Gola-Tiwai ...

Ancient Aboriginal Murujuga rock art in Australia has been granted UNESCO world heritage status, after a campaign which lasted almost two decades.

These 12 Maratha forts, built between the 1600s and 1800s, are now recognised as UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their ...

Malawi National Commission for Unesco says the declaration of Mulanje Mountain as a World Heritage Site (WHS) will help ...

Cambodia held ceremonies across the country on Sunday to celebrate UNESCO's recognition of three former Khmer Rouge sites as ...

Known as the Wixárika Route through Sacred Sites to Wirikuta, the route is a network of paths that stretches over 500 ...

Three sites used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

The World Heritage listing raises timely questions, such as whether we might see nominations for sites from Australia’s own ...