One of the best preserved examples of ancient urban planning and a UNESCO World Heritage site, this ancient fortress is a ...

CNN’s Ben Wedeman dives deep underground in Rome to explore the Aqua Virgo, an ancient aqueduct that continues to supply ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Sigiriya, in addition to being a World Heritage Site ... “This is in keeping with the ability of the ancient builders who not only laid out the garden elements in a grid pattern but also embraced ...

The spiritual heart of Sri Lanka, Dambulla is a city of devotion and tranquility. Famous for its ancient cave temple complex, ...

Isolated in the middle of the desert or atop a remote outcropping, these settlements appear like surreal visions sitting in ...

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A man rides a bike past the Sigiriya Lion Rock, a popular tourist spot, in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Jan. 17, 2025. The ancient city of Sigiriya was inscribed as a world heritage site by United Nations ...

the wind-corridor metal bridge and the fragmented rock slabs of the lion staircase of the Sigiriya rock of the Sigiriya Ancient City” (Sri Lanka) for an amount of US$ 91,212 under the Conservation & ...