Earlier this year, I had a chance to visit the historic cave handprints at Cueva de las Manos, a Unesco site in Argentina. It’s hard to not be struck with awe standing in front of the outlines of hundreds of ancient prints of brightly colored hands. It truly makes you feel small against the march of time.
Chances are over your travels, you’ve also marveled over the natural beauty or the human ingenuity preserved at a Unesco World Heritage Site.
This week Unesco released its list of newest additions to receive World Heritage designation. The 42 new destinations span five continents and include a Viking Age fortress in Denmark, a Silk Road corridor in Uzbekistan and an elephant stronghold in the Congo.
Inclusion on the list can be a blessing (preventing destruction) and a curse (drawing overtourism). Read more about that and check out the entire list below.
– Melissa Yeager, Senior Editor
