Petra, made famous by the scenes shot in a Indiana Jones movie, is an ancient, archaeologically rich World Heritage site in Jordan, writes Manisha.
Category: Student Program
The GoUNESCO Student program (formerly called the GoUNESCO Campus Ambassador/GCA Program) is a global student outreach program with the following objectives –
- Engage students in conversations on heritage and culture.
- Make heritage more accessible, interesting and fun.
Any student with access to internet – studying any course from anywhere in the world is welcome to participate. Over a period of 6 months (two sessions per year – January through June and July through December), you will learn about heritage around you and from all over the world through experiential and research based tasks. Here’s a brief overview –
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Amer fort is one of the most famous forts in the state of Rajasthan and also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Manisha exerienced the forts grandeur and explains it.
Chicken Itza is a much visited archaeological site located in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.It is rich in history and frequented by many tourists.The term Chichen Itza …
This article was originally published on the blog run by the students of the MA Program in Cultural Heritage Management at Durham University. Back in …
The Korea Tourism Organization launched a program back in 2012 called “Pilgrimage to Korea’s World Heritage Sites” to encourage locals and foreigners to visit South …
On one fine Saturday morning, Mang Tacio and his family, members of the aeta community of the Philippines, warmly accommodated my brother and I in …
Make Heritage Fun is a celebration of our age-old customs, traditions, values and belief systems. In the era of fast food, the traditional cooking seems …
The main attraction that can be found within the Edakkal caves are the stone age etchings, writings, scripts, the geometric figures and the scenes from …
The Rann of Kutch or the White desert it is one of the biggest salt deserts in the world.A perfect Rendezvous for winter time, it …