World Heritage Sites: Exploring the World’s Greatest Places

World Heritage Sites: Exploring the World’s Greatest Places « Series from 2021

Series from 2021

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Since 1972, UNESCO has designated World Heritage Sites across the globe, marking locations of outstanding value to humanity.

This course tours 24 of the foremost UNESCO sites, highlighting marvels of human culture, such as India’s Taj Mahal, Egypt’s Thebes, and Uzbekistan’s Samarkand, plus natural wonders of our planet, such as the Great Barrier Reef and Africa’s Virunga National Park.

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Paleolithic Cave Art of Spain and France

The Taj Mahal of Agra

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

The Mogao Grottoes and Manuscripts

Persepolis, the Great Persian Capital

Easter Island and the Moai

Canada’s Rocky Mountains

Teotihuacán, Largest City of Mesoamerica

Samarkand, Crossroads of Central Asia

Ancient Egyptian Thebes

The Forbidden City of Beijing

Mount Fuji, the Symbol of Japan

Timbuktu, Islam’s Center by the Sahara

The Ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Virunga National Park, Gorilla Sanctuary

Angkor Wat, the Great Khmer Temple

Earliest China: Yinxu and the Oracle Bones

The Inca Estate of Machu Picchu

Iceland’s Great Assembly at Thingvellir

Afghanistan’s Lost Bamiyan Buddhas

The Acropolis of Athens

Tibet’s Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple

Palmyra, Oasis in the Syrian Desert

The Redwood Forests of California