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The Meru Conservation Area (MCA) lies in the Somali-Maasai Regional Centre of Endemism, an area of some 1.87 million square kilometers, extending from north-eastern Somalia to north-eastern Tanzania and including much of north-eastern Kenya, south-eastern Sudan, parts of Ethiopia and north-eastern Uganda. The MCA is a complex of protected areas along the Tana River that ...

Latitude and Longitude, or UTM coordinates: The Road starts form the Town of Haqel on the Gulf of Aqaba Name Zone Easting Northing Magha’ir Su’aib in Al-Bide’ 36 R 695650.71 m E 3152942.30 m N Median Wells in Al-Bide’ 36 R 697620.02 m E 3152641.60 m N Ainouna Wells 36 R 716331.00 m E 3109849.00 m N Sharma 36 R 718481.63 m ...

Tigray is home to 121 rock-hewn churches, believed to represent the single largest group of rock-hewn architecture in the world. Eighty of these churches, dating from the 5th to 14th centuries AD, as well as a small number of masonry-and-timber built churches, which include some of the oldest timber structures surviving worldwide (6th – 10th centuries AD), are located in ...

,[Uniquement en anglais] UNESCO Chair Program on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2015 Organized by the Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University In cooperation with UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, ICOMOS/ICORP Supported by Toyota Foundation ...

,[Uniquement en anglais] The premier forum for the presentation of research on 3D acquisition, multimedia visualization, interaction technologies and their applications, the multidisciplinary International Conferences on Virtual Systems and Multimedia are a bridge between technology, art, history, science and engineering. Held annually since 1995 (excepting 2011 when ...

Boubyan Island is comprised of pristine marine and terrestrial ecosystems and habitats of international and regional importance. It is the largest island in Kuwait with an area of 863 square kilometers, and is the second largest island in the Arabian Gulf. Boubyan is located in the most north-western point of the Gulf and includes the Mubarak Al-Khabeer Marine Reserve ...

Abbaye de Cluny, Bourgogne, France,"Preparer l’avenir des sites patrimoniaux - Construire un projet et un plan de gestion" Une 2e formation intensive pour gestionnaires francophones de sites patrimoniaux sera organisee a l'Abbaye de Cluny en Bourgogne (France) par le Centre - Arts et Metiers- ParisTech de Cluny, conjointement avec le Centre archeologique europeen de ...

Of all the past civilisations, the Roman civilisation was the first to envisage from the very beginning the systematic construction of roads. The creation of a very extensive road network standing the test of time up to the present was only possible thanks to the administrative organisation which Rome had developed throughout the different provinces of its empire.The ...

(1) Indricotheriinae Fauna Fossil site -1 at Yagou-TalaIndricotheriinae Fauna Fossil site -2 at Yagou-Tala103° 16' 46.476" E 35° 38' 43.414" N103° 19' 36.881" E 35° 38' 10.333" N(2) Platybelodon Fauna Fossil site at Laogou103° 24' 55.927" E 35° 28' 19.826" N(3) Hipparion Fauna Fossil site at Hualin103° 25' 14.131" E 35° 21' 19.102" N(4) Equus Fauna Fossil site at ...

Transatlantic Cable Ensemble The Transatlantic Cable Ensemble is a transnational serial nomination comprising the shore-end termini of the world’s first permanent trans-oceanic submarine electric telegraph: the Eastern Terminus, Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland (two component parts) and the Western Terminus, Heart’s Content, Newfoundland, Canada (two component ...

Transatlantic Cable Ensemble is a transnational serial nomination comprising the shore-end termini of the world’s first permanent trans-oceanic submarine electric telegraph: the Eastern Terminus, Valentia Island, County Kerry, Ireland (two component parts) and the Western Terminus, Heart’s Content, Newfoundland, Canada (two component parts). From 1857 to 1865 various ...

Coordinates: Lake Elementaita: S0 15 E36 01 Lake Nakuru: S0 17 E36 01 Lake Bogoria: N0 15 E36 06 The Kenya Lakes System consists of three separate but geologically and ecologically related lakes. The lakes are; Lake Elementaita (6,300 ha), Lake Nakuru (18,800ha) and Lake Bogoria (10,700ha) all of which lie in basins on the floor of the Great Rift Valley which transects ...

Today it is called “The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse” in Hamburg. The site covers an area of almost 1.9 hectares and is the amalgamation of two adjacent but separate cemeteries, namely the southwestern part laid out by Sephardic Jews in 1611, which extends over one fourth of the cemetery, and the other section to the north and east, a cemetery laid out by the ...

Padmanabhapuram Palaceis a remarkable 16th Century CE wood palace of the erstwhile Maharajas of Travancore (1550 to 1750 AD) in the state of Kerala. Replete with intricate wood carvings and ornate murals, the Palace is an exceptional example of indigenous building techniques and craftsmanship in wood, a style unparalleled in the world and based on historic building system, ...

This area represents the largest protected surface of tropical humid and cloudy forests (especially in conjunction with the areas pertaining to Honduras). It counts with a great number of endemic species and numerous medicinal species now identified by the three ethnic indigenous groups that inhabit the area (Rama, Sumo and Miskito). Because of its dimension (8000 ...

The Archaeological Complex of Toro Muerto is a petroglyph site created by agroalfareras (agricultural-ceramic) societies in which their worldview symbols and daily life scenes were portrayed in thousands of engraved rocks of volcanic origin. It represents a remarkable example of particular tradition of rock art. Throughout a large range of evidences, it is possible to ...

Yoros Fortress         41°10'49.41" N - 29°05'46.89" E Galata Tower          41°01'35.85" N - 28°58'26.88" E Foça Fortress           38°40'09.25" N - 26°45'02.78" E Çandarlı Fortress     38°56'01.69" N - 26°56'01.50" E Çeşme Fortress       38°19´24.60" N - 26°18´12.49" E Amasra Fortress       41°45'02.84" N - 32°23'03.83" E Akçakoca ...

,[Uniquement en anglais] The 16th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia will bring information technology and multimedia specialist together with leaders in Art, Science and Heritage to explore creative solutions to 21st Century challenges. The Conference themes include: Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality, Virtual Heritage,  TransMedia ...

The Kalambo falls prehistoric settlement is located about 30 kilometres North-West of Mbala district, Northern province. The site was excavated by professor John desmond Clark duringthe period 1956-1959. The excavations conducted in the lake-beds revealed exposed a stone age sequence extending from the early stone age through to the iron age, most of it stratified in ...