World Heritage Sites: Exploring the World’s Greatest Places

<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>

• By This Professor
• 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