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Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and  ... (UNESCO/NHK)
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Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and ... (UNESCO/NHK)

The outstanding handling of new architectural techniques in the 13th century A.D., and the harmonious marriage of sculptural decoration with architecture, has made Notre-Dame in Reims one of the masterpieces of Gothic art. The former abbey...
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (UNESCO/NHK)
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Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus (UNESCO/NHK)

On the borders of Tassili N'Ajjer in Algeria, also a World Heritage site, this rocky massif has thousands of cave paintings in very different styles, dating from 12,000 B.C. to A.D. 100. They reflect marked changes in the fauna and flora...
Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (UNESCO/NHK)
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Rock Drawings in Valcamonica (UNESCO/NHK)

Valcamonica, situated in the Lombardy plain of Italy, has one of the world's greatest collections of prehistoric petroglyphs — more than 140,000 symbols and figures carved in the rock over a period of 8,000 years and depicting themes connected...
Chaco Culture (UNESCO/NHK)
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Chaco Culture (UNESCO/NHK)

For over 2,000 years, Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States. Chaco Canyon, a major centre of ancestral Pueblo culture between 850 and 1250, was a focus for ceremonials, trade and political activity for the...
Nemrut Dağ (UNESCO/NHK)
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Nemrut Dağ (UNESCO/NHK)

The mausoleum of Antiochus I (69—34 B.C.), who reigned over Commagene, a kingdom founded north of Syria and the Euphrates after the breakup of Alexander's empire, is one of the most ambitious constructions of the Hellenistic period. The syncretism...
Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (UNESCO/NHK)
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Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (UNESCO/NHK)

Construction of the Dujiangyan irrigation system began in the 3rd century B.C. This system still controls the waters of the Minjiang River and distributes it to the fertile farmland of the Chengdu plains. Mount Qingcheng was the birthplace...
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (UNESCO/NHK)
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Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (UNESCO/NHK)

These five archaeological sites, stretching over more than 60 km in the Nile valley, are testimony to the Napatan (900 to 270 BC) and Meroitic (270 BC to 350 AD) cultures, of the second kingdom of Kush. Tombs, with and without pyramids, temples...
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (UNESCO/NHK)
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Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (UNESCO/NHK)

Evidence of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism in Bengal from the 7th century onwards, Somapura Mahavira, or the Great Monastery, was a renowned intellectual centre until the 12th century. Its layout perfectly adapted to its religious function...
Archaeological Ruins at Mohenjo-daro (UNESCO/NHK)
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Archaeological Ruins at Mohenjo-daro (UNESCO/NHK)

The ruins of the huge city of Moenjodaro — built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium B.C. — lie in the Indus valley. The acropolis, set on high embankments, the ramparts, and the lower town, which is laid out according to strict...
Stone Circles of Senegambia (UNESCO/NHK)
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Stone Circles of Senegambia (UNESCO/NHK)

The site consists of four large groups of stone circles that represent an extraordinary concentration of over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 km wide along some 350 km of the River Gambia. The four groups, Sine Ngayène, Wanar, Wassu and Kerbatch...
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