50 years of World Heritage Sites Nov 16, 2022

50 years of World Heritage Sites

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.

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Today in History

Nov 16, 2018Ancient art in the Amazon
Nov 16, 2019Mountain mists over Bavaria
Nov 16, 2020A temple, preserved
Nov 16, 2021Glenfinnan Viaduct
Nov 16, 2023World Philosophy Day
Nov 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands

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Oct 30, 2023Common raven
May 5, 2020A courtyard scene from Spain
Jan 29, 2022Brain coral
Jun 11, 2021An island in the Highlands
Mar 16, 2022Panda Day
Sep 4, 2021Humming along
Nov 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Jul 9, 2018Gauchos showcase Argentina’s independent spirit
Sep 13, 2021Sand, sun, and sk8ers
Jan 4, 2019Observing World Braille Day in Bavaria
Aug 28, 2022Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
Feb 14, 2025Happy Valentines Day!
Apr 1, 2019Unbearable cuteness
Feb 28, 2022Winter in England s Cotswolds
Feb 26, 2018A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
Dec 28, 2024Endangered Species Act
Nov 19, 2021Zion National Park, Utah
Dec 24, 2018The birthplace of a classic Christmas carol
Jun 2, 2020Falling for the Canadian Rockies
Nov 25, 2018‘Ciao’ from Varenna
Oct 13, 2022Alaska moose
Jan 22, 2020A horse of many colors
Jan 3, 2022Lick Observatory
Sep 13, 2020Super sandy Sweet 16
Dec 29, 2021Mountain goats
Dec 5, 2018’Chess on ice’
Mar 19, 2024Spring equinox
Jun 7, 2018Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
Nov 11, 2024Veterans Day
May 26, 2021Behold the blood moon