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Pakistani Sites Not to be Put on WHL (Popularity:  )
(Score: 9.75)
http://www.dawn.com/2003/06/03/nat31.htm
Describes why the federal archaeology department has failed to follow Unesco's terms and conditions required to put three new Pakistani archaeological sites on Unesco's World Heritage List
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Regional
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Coping with Beach Erosion (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.50)
http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/source/ero1.htm
Online pamphlet from UNESCO.
Category: Science\Earth Sciences\Geology\Geomorphology
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The Historic City of Nara (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.19)
http://upo.unesco.org/bookdetails.asp?id=684
Online version of monograph from the UNESCO Cultural Virtual Library.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Regional
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Gorée: Island of Memories (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.19)
http://www.worditude.com/ebooks/unescopdf/goree.pdf
Online version of monograph from the UNESCO Cultural Virtual Library.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Regional
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Old Bridge of Mostar (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.91)
http://www.kakarigi.net/manu/mostar.htm
UNESCO world heritage site, built by the Ottoman Turks in 1566. Notes and photographs of the restoration project.
Category: Science\Technology\Structural Engineering\Bridge
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UNESCO: Maya Site of Copan (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.76)
http://whc.unesco.org/sites/129.htm
Notice of declaration as a World Heritage site.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Periods and Cultures
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The Old Walled City of Sanà (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.75)
http://www.worditude.com/ebooks/unescopdf/sana_eng.pdf
The Sanà, described by the poets as the ‘pearl of Arabia’ and the UNESCO attempt to save it.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Regional
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Electronic Publishing in Science: (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.70)
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/icsu/wedge.htm
Proceedings of the first conference held in Paris and organized by the International Council for Science and UNESCO.
Category: Science\Publications\Archives\Interoperability Standards
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UNESCO: Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Alban (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.70)
http://whc.unesco.org/sites/415.htm
Declares this a World Heritage site.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Periods and Cultures
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People and Plants (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.52)
http://www.kew.org/peopleplants/
A partnership between the WWF and UNESCO, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, producing a programme of capacity-building in ethnobotany applied to conservation and the sustainable use of ...
Category: Science\Biology\Botany\Ethnobotany
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Lepcis Magna (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.40)
http://www.alnpete.co.uk/lepcis/since.html
A Roman city on the North African excavated by archaeologists since the 1920s. A UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes: gift shop, maps, virtual museum, library, and kid's area.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Regional
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UNESCO Water Portal (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.40)
http://www.unesco.org/water/
Database access and worldwide news and information on fresh water topics, including scientific policies, programmes, forums, events, photos and links.
Category: Science\Environment\Water Resources
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World Heritage (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.32)
http://whc.unesco.org/
Elegant site from UNESCO explaining the choice of certain buildings and sites as World Heritage. List with pictures and information available on each.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Sites and Monuments
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Endangered Languages (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.32)
http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/endangered.html
The 1993 Unesco Red Book Report on endangered languages in Europe and Northeast Asia.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Linguistics\Languages
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Lepcis Magna - The Roman Empire in Africa (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.30)
http://www.alnpete.co.uk/lepcis/
Dr Hafed Walda reports on the latest excavations of this amazingly preserved Roman city on the North African coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Regional
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Lepcis Magna - The Roman Empire in Africa (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.30)
http://www.alnpete.co.uk/lepcis/
Dr Hafed Walda reports on the latest excavations of this amazingly preserved Roman city on the North African coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Periods and Cultures
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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.20)
http://www.head-smashed-in.com/
A UNESCO World Heritage Site at Alberta, Canada. The interpretive center documents the buffalo hunting culture of aboriginal peoples of the plains over a 5,500 year time-span.
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Archaeology\Regional
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Arctic Languages - An Awakening (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.09)
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0008/000861/086162e.pdf
Unesco publication describing the present state of Arctic languages and the changes that have taken place in social attitudes in the Arctic regions since the Second World War (PDF format).
Category: Science\Social Sciences\Linguistics\Languages
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Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.06)
http://www.eti.uva.nl/
ETI is a non-governmental organisation in operational relations with UNESCO. Their mission is to develop scientific/educational computer-aided information systems, to improve general access to, and to promote use of taxonomic ...
Category: Science\Biology\Taxonomy
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World Academy of Young Scientists (WAYS) (Popularity: )
(Score: 6.04)
http://ways.org
A global network of young scientists under the aegis of UNESCO, for young researchers to carry out scientific research and take part in science policy and decision-making.
Category: Science\Institutions\Associations
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