At its World Heritage Convention on November 16, 1972, UNESCO adopted an international treaty that for the first time linked the concepts of nature conservation and preservation of cultural properties. The World Heritage Sites program was sparked by Egypt"s plans to construct the Aswan High Dam. UNESCO helped save thousands of antiquities that would have been lost as a result of the dam, which flooded a large swath of the Nile Valley.
50 years of World Heritage Sites
Today in History
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Celebrating Bike to Work Week, May 14-18
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Apple trees in spring, Germany
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Feeling chic on Fashion Week
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Seonam Temple, South Korea
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Jamaica celebrates its independence
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World Environment Day
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Just a couple of yellow-billed hornbills
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St. Paul Winter Carnival
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An uncommonly cool critter
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Quebec City for Winter Carnival
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On a Healing Field for Veterans Day
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Art in the high desert
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It s only Wednesday
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The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
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Cosplay strongly encouraged
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Does it swim in slow motion too?
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World Wildlife Conservation Day
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Walk the line
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A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
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Male kori bustard, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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Wheels up in Beijing
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Make your list and check it twice
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Enter the magical world of Livraria Lello
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Cordouan Lighthouse, France
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Let’s talk fossils
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World Whale Day
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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Mitsumata blossoms
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A splash by the sea