Drawings of mammoths, human footprints and other art carved on cave walls in southern France about 30,000 years ago have been added to Unesco’s World Heritage list.

Japan’s Mount Fuji looks likely to win recognition as a World Heritage site.

CONSERVATIONISTS have hit out at Green Party leader John Gormley after his department included the Hill of Tara on a shortlist of seven sites put forward for world heritage status.

ONE of Ireland’s leading archaeological locations, Lough Gur, in Co Limerick, could soon be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

THE Government is to submit an ambitious proposal that could lead to world heritage status for Cork city and its huge natural harbour.

THE UN cultural watchdog updated its name for the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland yesterday to reflect its German Nazi role.

ECUADOR says tourism is threatening the Galapagos Islands and has asked Unesco to add the habitat that inspired the theory of evolution to its endangered list, the culture agency said yesterday.

Koguryo – an ancient kingdom that straddled parts of Korea and northeastern China – has been included among nine new sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List of natural and cultural wonders ranging from the Arctic Circle to tropical rainforests.