When Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD 79, it engulfed the two flourishing Roman towns of Pompei and Herculaneum, as well ...
From the Neapolis founded by Greek settlers in 470 B.C. to the city of today, Naples has retained the imprint of ...
Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain Kyrgyzstan dominates the Fergana Valley and forms the backdrop to the city of Osh, at the crossroads of ...
The Order of St John of Jerusalem occupied Rhodes from 1309 to 1523 and set about transforming the city into a ...
Built in the early 8th century, this exceptionally well-preserved desert castle was both a fortress with a garrison and a residence ...
Situated on the eastern bank of the River Jordan, nine kilometres north of the Dead Sea, the archaeological site consists of ...
Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between ...
The 74,000-hectare property, inscribed as a mixed natural and cultural site, is situated in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi ...
The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies – particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which ...
The 'City of Caves', on an island in the Sea of Oman close to Bombay, contains a collection of rock art ...
Having become a global trading centre, the city of Mumbai implemented an ambitious urban planning project in the second half of ...
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly known as Victoria Terminus Station, in Mumbai, is an outstanding example of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture ...
Carved out by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon (nearly 1,500 m deep) is the most spectacular gorge in the world. ...
Yosemite National Park lies in the heart of California. With its 'hanging' valleys, many waterfalls, cirque lakes, polished domes, moraines and ...
The monumental complex at Caserta, created by the Bourbon king Charles III in the mid-18th century to rival Versailles and the ...
Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period. The present city is characteristic of a fortified ...
The Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and Western Galilee are inscribed for their profound spiritual meaning and the testimony they bear ...
Situated on the western slopes of the Mount Carmel range, the site includes the caves of Tabun, Jamal, el-Wad and Skhul. ...
Consisting of a series of catacombs, the necropolis developed from the 2nd century AD as the primary Jewish burial place outside Jerusalem ...
Tels (prehistoric settlement mounds), are characteristic of the flatter lands of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Lebanon, Syria, Israel and eastern Turkey. ...
Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 and developed as a metropolitan city under the British Mandate in Palestine. The White City ...
As a holy city for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Jerusalem has always been of great symbolic importance. Among its 220 historic ...
This site is located a few kilometres south-west of Jerusalem, in the Central Highlands between Nablus and Hebron. The Battir hill ...
The inscribed property is situated 10 km south of Jerusalem on the site identified by Christian tradition as the birthplace of Jesus ...