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A report by Paul Simons for The Times of London. Hardly a day went by without rain, often crashing down in deluges. Bridges collapsed, roads and railways were washed away, houses swamped in seas of floodwater. “No part of the British Isles could be called even moderately dry in October, and rain fell nearly every…

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Dillon De Shong (Loop) writes that the volcanoes of Martinique and the Jewish settlement of Jodensavanne in Suriname have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has added the volcanoes of Martinique and the…

UNESCO announced the new sites around the globe receiving heritage protection, including a modernist city, burial grounds, and temples.

Unesco World Heritage Committee adds 33 new cultural and 9 new natural sites to its list, and extends five others.

A university observatory in Russia has been inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage List.

UNESCO's World Heritage list grows! From mystical Korean burial grounds to America's Hopewell Earthworks, 42 sites have made the cut, and will inspire generations to come.

A collection ancient tombs in Korea, a Viking-age ring fortress in Denmark, an ancient Thai town and a 2,000-year-old earthworks in Ohio are among contenders for this year’s UNESCO World Heritage List.

The World Heritage Committee has enlarged natural World Heritage areas by more than 100 million hectares, an area roughly 26 times the size of Switzerland.

The United Nations cultural body - also known as UNESCO - has expanded its list of protected sites to more than 1,100 following deliberations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

If you are one of the many people who thinks about the Roman Empire all the time, then la Maison Carrée in Nîmes in France is for you—it just became UNESCO-listed.