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The Gyeongju Historic Areas preserve the capital of the Silla Kingdom across five distinct urban districts including royal burial mounds, an intact astronomical observatory…
September 2026Leptis Magna, UNESCO-inscribed in 1982, is one of the Roman world's best-preserved cities — the birthplace of Emperor Septimius Severus, who transformed it with…
September 2026Robben Island (UNESCO 1999), located seven kilometres from Cape Town in Table Bay, held Nelson Mandela for 18 of his 27 prison years and…
September 2026The Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani (UNESCO 1981, on the Danger list since 2004) preserve the coral-stone remains of the most important medieval Swahili trading…
September 2026The Royal Palaces of Abomey (UNESCO 1985) preserve the 44-hectare earthen palace complex of the Kingdom of Dahomey in Benin, built by 12 successive…
September 2026The Archaeological Site of Carthage, inscribed by UNESCO in 1979, preserves two superimposed cities 15 kilometres northeast of Tunis: the Phoenician trading metropolis founded…
September 2026The amphitheatre of El Jem (UNESCO 1979) in Thysdrus, built c. 230–238 CE, is the third-largest Roman amphitheatre in the world with a capacity…
September 2026Timgad (UNESCO 1982) — Colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi, founded by Emperor Trajan in 100 CE for veterans of the Third Augustan Legion — is…
September 2026Timbuktu (UNESCO 1988, In Danger 2012–present) reached its height under the Songhai Empire as one of the great centres of Islamic learning, with 25,000…
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