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Jade Burial Suits of the Han Dynasty
Threaded hand-crafted from thousands of precious stone slabs with silver and gold during the Han Dynasty about 2000 years ago, ancient China’s jade burial suits were built as armor to the afterlife to prevent mort...
12/052022 -
In China, 2700-Year-Old Face Cream Made from Moon Milk for M...
At a Chinese excavation site with Chinese and German researchers, evidence of a 2,700-year-old male facial cream was found. In their articles published in Archaeometry magazine, the group describes the items they f...
12/052022 -
Archaeologists in northern Spanish have discovered what they...
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the oldest Basque language text, on Irulegi archaeological site, near the Aranguren Valley, about 8 km from present-day Pamplona in Spain’s northern Navarre ...
12/052022 -
Launch of the 2022 IUCN situation analysis on intertidal wet...
This event, supported by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea and facilitated by IUCN and the EAAFP Secretariat, will provide an opportunity for three Ramsar Contracting Parties (PRC, DPRK ...
12/052022 -
New research and action agenda on culture, heritage and clim...
“The Global Research and Action Agenda on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change: Scientific Outcome of the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change”, the result of collaboration...
12/052022 -
Join the World Heritage Volunteers 2023 Campaign - working o...
After fifteen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative ...
12/052022 -
Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social ...
Inscribed in 2022 (17.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
12/052022 -
New inscriptions to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
What are the new inscriptions on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage this year ? Follow here in real time the new additions to the UNESCO list in 2022, on the occasion of the 17th session of the intergove...
12/052022 -
HIST and ICOMOS sign MoU for Collaboration on Space Technolo...
On 21 November 2022, Prof. Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, and Dr. Teresa Patricio, President of the In...
11/232022 -
Third cycle of Periodic Reporting in Europe and North Americ...
The Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting started in Europe and North America with a two-day online event (20-21 October) that brought together the national focal points for the implementation of the World Heritage Con...
11/172022 -
UNESCO’s solutions for climate change impact on culture
UNESCO World Heritage sites demonstrate the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage and are important resources for traditional knowledge and practices and lead the way for heritage-based solutions and strat...
11/152022 -
International Event Held to Strengthen Wetland Conservation ...
The International Symposium on the Protection and Restoration of Wetland Ecosystem Functions in Cold Regions was held both online and offline on November 10, 2022，bringing some 200 participants from six internatio...
11/122022 -
UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will d...
New UNESCO data highlight the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage sites, with glaciers in a third of sites set to disappear by 2050. But it is still possible to save the other two thirds, if the rise ...
11/092022 -
HIST and ICCROM sign Agreement for Collaboration on Space Te...
On 24 October 2022, Professor Huadong Guo, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO, met online with Dr Webber Ndoro, Director...
10/262022 -
2022 Report on Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable ...
The Report on Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2022) was released by the Chinese side at the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative (GDI) hel...
09/272022 -
Chinese FM chairs ministerial meeting on Global Development ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired here on Tuesday the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative (GDI).
09/222022 -
UNESCO Global Geoparks Council proposes 7 new Geoparks for e...
The UNESCO Global Geoparks Council met in Satun UNESCO Global Geopark in Thailand and online, on 4 and 5 September 2022, to assess 9 new applications for UNESCO Global Geoparks and 28 revalidations from current UNE...
09/202022 -
Floods in Pakistan – ICOMOS response
Since June, record monsoon rains and unprecedented flash floods in Pakistan have caused mounting casualties, especially among the most vulnerable, displaced millions, devastated homes, livelihoods, infrastructure, ...
09/092022
