World Heritage Sites: Exploring the World’s Greatest Places
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
<p>Encounter some of the most astounding treasures of our world, both man-made and natural, in this tour of UNESCO World Heritage sites.</p>
Syllabus
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- 01: Paleolithic Cave Art of Spain and France
- 02: The Taj Mahal of Agra
- 03: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
- 04: The Mogao Grottoes and Manuscripts
- 05: Persepolis, the Great Persian Capital
- 06: Easter Island and the Moai
- 07: Canada’s Rocky Mountains
- 08: Teotihuacán, Largest City of Mesoamerica
- 09: Samarkand, Crossroads of Central Asia
- 10: Ancient Egyptian Thebes
- 11: The Forbidden City of Beijing
- 12: Mount Fuji, the Symbol of Japan
- 13: Timbuktu, Islam’s Center by the Sahara
- 14: The Ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum
- 15: Virunga National Park, Gorilla Sanctuary
- 16: Angkor Wat, the Great Khmer Temple
- 17: Earliest China: Yinxu and the Oracle Bones
- 18: The Inca Estate of Machu Picchu
- 19: Iceland’s Great Assembly at Thingvellir
- 20: Afghanistan’s Lost Bamiyan Buddhas
- 21: The Acropolis of Athens
- 22: Tibet’s Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple
- 23: Palmyra, Oasis in the Syrian Desert
- 24: The Redwood Forests of California
Taught by
Justin M. Jacobs
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