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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Jul 27, 2023Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre Pyramid
Dec 23, 2019A Festivus for the rest of us
Oct 28, 2021Necropolis of Dargavs
Nov 27, 2021Penn Station
Jun 7, 2018Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
Jul 16, 2022American goldfinch
Feb 12, 2024Darwin Day
Nov 23, 2020Autumn comes to Old Town
Nov 5, 2023Playa del Silencio, Spain
Feb 5, 2025Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Nov 30, 2023Saint Andrews Day
Nov 20, 2025World Childrens Day
Nov 19, 2020That bill s just not going to fit
Feb 12, 2018National Museum of African American History and Culture
Jun 9, 2018Yarn bombing in the village of Gurnard, England
Sep 21, 2019 The Wall for Peace
Jun 29, 2020Goats don t grow on trees
May 1, 2018The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
Jun 28, 2020Keep shining
May 1, 2023Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Jan 14, 2026National Take the Stairs Day
Jul 24, 2020Trunks stick together
Apr 18, 2024International Day for Monuments and Sites
Sep 24, 2023World Rivers Day
Jun 27, 2020Looking for peace on the precipice
Jul 23, 2022National Moth Week
Feb 6, 2022Oymyakon, Russia
Mar 10, 2021Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
Jul 23, 2019A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
Aug 5, 2024Lavender field, Hertfordshire, England