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
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

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Mar 8, 2021A notorious advocate for women
Apr 6, 2024Castle Day in Japan
Jul 24, 2023Cousins Day
Apr 20, 2021Terraced fields of green
Apr 1, 2019Unbearable cuteness
Sep 26, 2020Wandering Watkins Glen
Feb 26, 2023Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
May 11, 2021 The Crown of the Continent
Jan 23, 2021A sleeping green giant
Jan 31, 2025Happy International Zebra Day!
Apr 13, 2020Floating temples in the Land of Smiles
Sep 18, 2023Fall Astronomy Week
Feb 5, 2023Monarch butterflies, Pismo Beach, California
Aug 13, 2019An ice cap-puccino
Dec 15, 2023SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
Sep 19, 2019Fall for birding
Jun 25, 2022Brown bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Nov 26, 2019Staring down winter
Jan 12, 2018Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
May 13, 2019In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
Dec 23, 2018Make your list and check it twice
Aug 28, 2018Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
Apr 1, 2024April Fools Day
Jun 19, 2026Happy Juneteenth!
Oct 5, 2021A day to celebrate teachers
Aug 11, 2021Everyone s watching the Perseids
Nov 12, 2024Arches National Park anniversary
Jul 4, 2025Happy Fourth of July!
Jan 28, 2019Ancient groves in Australia
May 14, 2022Windmills in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands