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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May 14, 2022Windmills in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
Apr 26, 2024Arbor Day
Dec 4, 2023International Cheetah Day
Sep 7, 2018An historic forest
Sep 20, 2021Birds of a feather flocking together
Sep 9, 2024Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
Apr 19, 2021Rays on parade
May 24, 2025European Day of Parks
May 12, 2021A visit to Limerick on Limerick Day
Aug 29, 2019Greetings from Asbury Park
Dec 20, 2024Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
Nov 17, 2018A bird of beauty
Mar 29, 2024South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
Feb 9, 2018Speed skaters in the Gangneung Oval, Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dec 4, 2021Cheetah mother and cub
Nov 2, 2024National Bison Day
May 13, 2024Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Jan 1, 2024Happy New Year!
Aug 17, 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
Aug 12, 2022World Elephant Day
Dec 2, 2018Winter in Old Nuuk
May 2, 2022Pamukkale, Turkey
Oct 28, 2020A grotesque scene
Nov 21, 2020Headed to the High Country
Aug 10, 2022Joshua Tree National Park
Nov 25, 2021Happy Thanksgiving
Aug 28, 2018Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
Jan 17, 2022Martin Luther King Day
Mar 22, 2020Celebrating World Water Day
Aug 21, 2024Nazca boobies, Wolf Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador