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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Aug 27, 2022Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
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Aug 24, 2019Get the bear facts
Aug 29, 2023American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Feb 7, 2020Frozen fun in the Canadian cold
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Oct 7, 2021Great on so many levels
Sep 1, 2019Bidding summer adieu
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Feb 20, 2018Buddha in the roots of a tree, Ayutthaya, Thailand
Oct 31, 2018Shhh, the movie is about to start
Oct 7, 2018Room at the top?
Dec 12, 2019On the lookout for Sheep-Cote Clod
Feb 10, 2019Groovy!
May 30, 2019A day to celebrate the sun
Feb 13, 2020Midwinter freeze
Aug 9, 2019In the Supertree Grove
Mar 16, 2020I ll call for pen and ink
Dec 5, 2024Tufa formations in Mono Lake, California
Jul 1, 2018Let the games begin
Aug 10, 2024Joshua Tree National Park, California
Aug 18, 2022Surströmming Day
Apr 19, 2021Rays on parade
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