Heritage

New Zealand has three UNESCO World Heritage Sites — a small number for a country of such extraordinary ecological and cultural range, but each inscription…

Australia has 21 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a roster that stretches from tropical reef systems and ancient rainforests to sacred Aboriginal landscapes and…

Myanmar has two UNESCO World Heritage Sites as of 2022 — a figure that seems modest for a country whose landscape is layered with ancient cities, sacred…

Nepal has 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — a count that belies the country’s extraordinary concentration of civilisational significance, from the snows of the…

Sri Lanka has 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — six cultural and two natural — spanning ancient hydraulic capitals, a Portuguese-Dutch fortified harbour…

Pakistan has six UNESCO World Heritage Sites, each one spanning a different chapter of human civilisation on the subcontinent — from the planned grid cities…

Kenya has eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a list that ranges from ancient Swahili trading towns on the Indian Ocean shore to vast highland forests and…

Ethiopia has 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a number that spans prehistoric fossil beds, medieval rock churches, walled Islamic cities, and high-altitude…

Cuba has 9 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, spanning fortified colonial cities, sugar-industry landscapes, tobacco valleys, and two ecologically exceptional…