Economist and tourism expert Jan van der Borg says the new daily charge will not solve the crisis of the overrun city, and outlines what should be done instead

The billionaire Jindal family will open the exhibition venue and artist residency space in February next year

As the ESMA Museum and Site of Memory in Buenos Aires gains international recognition, the history it seeks to safeguard is under attack by Argentina’s extremist frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election

The ancient site of Tell es-Sultan in Jericho is one of many archaeological sites in the region whose status has been mired in political and territorial disputes

Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s Saint Sophia Cathedral, the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the historic centre of Lviv join Odesa on Unesco’s endangered list

Affected sites include the Tinmel mosque in the High Atlas Mountains, which is feared to have been almost completely destroyed

The organisation has repeatedly bowed to pressure from the Italian government not to do so

The Biden administration has agreed to pay more than $600m in arrears to the United Nation cultural agency responsible for protecting the world's most significant heritage sites

Tauric Chersonese, a Unesco World Heritage Site, will boast multiple museums—and a humanitarian centre

As country is mired in economic and political turmoil, major upgrading project forges ahead with restoration of important sites at the ancient heart of Lahore

The decision "recognises the outstanding universal value of the site and the duty of all humanity to protect it", the UN cultural organisation states

United Nations culture organisation has not acknowledged the January 2022 request to add Afghanistan's Bagh-e Babur to the World Heritage List

Regional authority takes steps to prevent further damage to the ancient desert city

The Octagon Earthworks are being teed up for nomination for Unesco World Heritage status

Boycotted Russia resigned as chair of the World Heritage Committee last month

Archaeologists believe the pre-Columbian wall drawing of a god wearing a feathered headdress likely depicts Tepoztēcatl, the god of pulque

The strategic Black Sea port city, home to a famous opera house and controversial Catherine the Great statue, has been the target of Russian bombing

Unesco warns of risks of construction works in the archaeological zone where the Bamiyan Buddha statues were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Strutt’s North Mill Museum in Derbyshire is set to close following the withdrawal of local authority funding

The 45th annual meeting of the organisation’s World Heritage Committee was due to take place in June in the Russian city of Kazan

UK culture minister, Auschwitz Memorial and Europa Nostra call for the June event to be relocated following Russian invasion of Ukraine

The World Monuments Fund has published its biannual report of world heritage sites facing risk due to climate change, political turmoil and other factors

Artefacts had been "smashed into pieces" by Isis militants when they occupied the Unesco World Heritage site as a training camp

Chaco Canyon, a Unesco World Heritage site since 1987, was to be opened to drilling under a Trump administration plan

Deadly rains in central Henan province threatened key Unesco World Heritage sites and hundreds of national relics. Experts warn the disaster may be a taste of future trouble

From the Bamiyan Valley to an ancient spiritual centre of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, former Unesco senior official Francesco Bandarin looks at the embattled country’s most important landmarks

Historic town, a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians, caught up in widening Tigray conflict

Global heritage body's decision boosts Saudi government's efforts to promote an open image of the country

The UK city has been stripped of its World Heritage status. Walter Aubrey Thomas, who designed some of its most famous buildings, would have objected, says his great-grandson

Committee finds that construction projects have reduced cultural value