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‘Weaponization of cultural heritage’: Israel accuses PA of exploiting UNESCO in bid for Sebastia
The 450-acre site, which has awaited joining the world heritage list since 2012, has a history dating back at least 3,000 years.
October 7 massacre findings puts the UN’s credibility on trial - opinion
After 200 years in ruin: Greece unveils complete restoration of Parthenon's western pediment
Israel damaged heritage sites during ops. against Hezbollah, Lebanese culture minister says
EU Parliament ‘deplores’ Palestinian textbook incitement - new resolution
This year’s resolution emphasized the need to remove antisemitic references and examples more than past versions.
At Mexico's Chichen Itza, archaeologists discover Mayan scoreboard
The circular piece, measuring just over 32 centimeters (12.6 inches) in diameter and weighing 40 kilos (88 lb), displays hieroglyphic writing surrounding two players standing next to a ball.
Lebanon hopes UNESCO danger listing could save crumbling modernist fairground
Lebanese authorities have made a plea with UNESCO to save what remains of the Rachid Karami International Fairgrounds.
Germany celebrates UNESCO World Heritage listing for Yiddish and Ashkenazi culture birthplace
The sites in the upper part of the Rhine River valley are known as the origin point of Ashkenazi culture and where the Yiddish language first began to develop over 1,000 years ago.
Archaeologists find Greek gods' heads in ancient city of Aizanoi
Several heads of Greek mythology gods including Eros and Dionysus have been unearthed.
US can rejoin UNESCO despite its Palestinian statehood recognition
Israel followed the US both in halting its funding to UNESCO in 2011 and in withdrawing from the organization in 2019.
Jordan eyes tourism bonanza in expansion of Jesus' baptism site
A six-year $300 million project for a 'tourist city' next to the World Heritage site aims to attract five times as many visitors as the current 200,000.
B'nai Brith, UNESCO to hold Hebrew symposium in Paris
The conference, entitled "Hebrew as a Treasure of Human Heritage," will mark a century since the passing of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, who is widely regarded as the father of modern Hebrew.
Corrosion has turned the Alhambra’s decorative gold leaf purple - study
The Alhambra, now a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage site, is a fortress and palace built in the 13th century under the Islamic rule of Spain.
Social media plays large role in fomenting online hate - report
A report co-authored by the World Jewish Congress, UNESCO and the UN says that social media platforms have become sources of hate speech and discrimination.
