At number one (by a considerable margin) is Vatican City, a minuscule city-state surrounded by Rome. Dominated by St Peter's Square (pictured) and Basilica, Vatican City is the world’s smallest ...
The expansion of Ancient Greeks into Assyria between the 9th and the 7th centuries BC occurred through mercenary warfare and ...
The Greek word for Palestine, Palaistinē (Παλαιστίνη), is derived from the Hebrew phrase ʾEretz Yisrael (אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל), ...
Gitana was the second, and one of the most important, capitals and political centers of Ancient Thesprotia, a region in ...
The computer modeling revealed that prehistoric humans influenced European landscapes through two primary mechanisms: deliberate burning of trees and shrubs to create more open habitats, and hunting ...
The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...