World Heritage
Machu Picchu
24 Festive Tasks: Door 7 – International Day for Tolerance, Task 4: If you were offered an all-expenses-paid trip to one (one only!) of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites, which one would you pick (and why)? I’ve been lucky enough to have been able to visit a fair number of World Heritage Sites already — […]
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Nine Candles
24 Festive Tasks: Door 14 – Hanukkah, Task 2: Light 9 candles each representing something you’re thankful for (share a picture with us; sharing anything else is optional). Some of the things for which I am grateful this holiday season: My mom and the fact that, at age 80 (just this year) she is […]
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11 Public Libraries Invaluable to World History | Oldest
Source: 11 Public Libraries Invaluable to World History | Oldest 11 Public Libraries Invaluable to World History Libraries around the world have long been revered as temples of human knowledge. They’ve been a part of monasteries, royal palaces, museums, universities and even hospitals. Some boast an incredibly romantic past while others, like the Library […]
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The Telegraph: Unesco’s new World Heritage Sites – 2015 – Travel
This year’s additions to the list of Unesco World Heritage sites, from Edinburgh’s Forth Bridge to a pie factory in Uruguay. Ephesus, Turkey What Unesco says: “Located within what was once the estuary of the River Kaystros, Ephesus comprises successive Hellenistic and Roman settlements founded on new locations, which followed the coastline as it […]
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