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India’s longest toy train services is back after 4 years. 164 km of Himalayan magic for just Rs 40 ticket price - 10 hours, 1,000 bridges, 484 curvesThe beloved Kangra Toy Train, a UNESCO tentative site, has resumed its scenic journey after a four-year hiatus due to bridge damage. This v...- In 1979, Japan released 30 mongooses onto Amami Oshima to kill venomous snakes, and it took 45 years to fix what happened nextJapan's ambitious plan to control venomous snakes on Amami Ōshima with Indian mongooses in 1979 backfired spectacularly. The introduced pre...
- In the 1750s, well diggers broke into a buried Roman Villa near Herculaneum: What looked like charcoal turned out to be ancient booksEighteenth-century workers in Herculaneum unearthed a unique Roman library preserved by the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. These carbonized papyr...
- In the 1930s, workers clearing plantation land in Costa Rica accidentally revealed mysterious stone spheres from a buried pre-Columbian worldGiant stone spheres were found in southern Costa Rica during the 1930s and 1940s. These spheres were part of a larger settlement network in...
- In 2003, archaeologists investigating storm damage near a Mexican pyramid found a hidden tunnel that reframed Teotihuacan’s sacred worldHeavy rains in 2003 unexpectedly revealed a hidden tunnel at Teotihuacan. This ancient site near Mexico City yielded thousands of ritual ar...
- View: Bombing Iran’s great mosque could cost the worldIran war: The writer reflects on wartime destruction in London to highlight concerns about ongoing strikes in Iran, especially the historic...
- Iran says US, Israeli strikes damage 120 museums, historic buildingsUS and Israeli strikes on Iran have damaged at least 120 culturally or historically significant sites across the country since the start of...
- Ukraine attacks spark fire at Russian port: GovernorUkrainian attacks sparked a fire at a major north-western port in Russia and damaged energy infrastructure in a region bordering Ukraine, R...
- Iran says museums and historic sites damaged in warIran's cultural heritage and tourism ministry said Saturday at least 56 museums and historic sites across the country have been damaged, as...
- Iran’s heritage sites: War damage raises alarm over protected landmarksStrikes in Iran have damaged ancient sites including palaces and a mosque. Iran and Lebanon have asked UNESCO for more protection. UNESCO c...
- Once home to the Peacock Throne looted from India, Golestan Palace now bears scars of Iran conflictTehran’s historic Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has reportedly sustained significant structural damage following strikes n...
- MEA urges protection for Preah Vihear Hindu Temple amid Cambodia-Thailand conflictIn response to media queries regarding damage to conservation facilities at Preah Vihear, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We have s...
- The US decision to leave UNESCO again puts a spotlight on what the agency doesUNESCO, supported by international partners, has been instrumental in rebuilding Mosul and preserving global cultural heritage. Despite the...
- World Heritage Day 2023: What is the significance of celebrating our cultural heritage on this day?World Heritage Day is an important day for raising awareness about the significance of cultural heritage and the need to preserve it for fu...
- UNESCO fears Ukraine harm as Russian culture backlash growsThe United Nations' cultural agency, meanwhile, sounded the alarm about the damage to Ukraine's cultural patrimony in announcing it was wor...
- From Australia's bleached corals to over-tourism in Venice, the World Heritage sites are in dangerSeveral spots risk losing their UN World Heritage status because of environmental damage.
- UNESCO worried about world heritage Darjeeling Himalayan RailwayTwo prime stations Gayabari and Sonada were torched while an arson attempt was made on Elysia Building -- the headquarters of the DHR durin...
- Nepal reopens six heritage sites for public after deadly earthquakesThe six sites, including Pashupatinath, Swoyambhu, Lumbini, Kathmand Durbarsauqre, Patan Durbarsquare and Bhaktapur Durbar Square have been...
- Strategy to preserve heritage and traditional knowledge essential: Irina BokovaOne of Unesco's core roles is to coordinate the efforts of the international community, liaise with member states, as well as security and ...
- 7.9-magnitude quake robs Nepal of its architectural jewelsThe powerful temblor practically levelled the nation's tangible cultural history, robbing it of its architectural jewels, including the lan...
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