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.

© Brad McGinley Photography/Getty Images

palette

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
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Mar 31, 2025Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
Mar 4, 2018Australian baobab tree, Kimberley region, Western Australia
Jul 27, 2022Mada in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
Feb 2, 2025Groundhog Day
May 20, 2019The island fox’s incredible comeback
May 19, 2018At ease, it’s Armed Forces Day
Mar 8, 2018Celebrate International Women’s Day
May 17, 2025A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
Jul 24, 2021Can you see the family resemblance?
Mar 21, 2020It s World Poetry Day
Jul 26, 2023International Day of Mangrove Conservation
Aug 19, 2025Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu
Jun 4, 2025The beach at Cala Luna, Sardinia, Italy
Mar 13, 2023National Napping Day
Dec 25, 2018Happy holidays!
Apr 16, 2019The birth of Bauhaus
Jul 16, 2023Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
Jan 25, 2018Sami lavvu structures, Finnmark, Norway
Sep 28, 2018Southern right whales sail home to South Africa
Mar 30, 2023Bright and colorful peacock feathers
Feb 7, 2022Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, Canada
Jun 11, 2024Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana
Sep 19, 2019Fall for birding
Nov 3, 2019It s time to fall back
Feb 1, 2024Black History Month
Oct 16, 2020It s harvest time on World Food Day
Apr 24, 2025Spire Cove in Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, Alaska
Mar 17, 2019St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
Apr 19, 2019Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
Mar 25, 2024Happy Holi!