UNESCO World Heritage Convention

In the 1950s, the proposed Aswan High Dam on the Nile threatened to submerge the Abu Simbel temple and other ancient monuments of the Nubian Valley. But in an extraordinary effort, 50 countries collaborated to relocate the monuments. That sparked the creation of UNESCO's World Heritage Convention, which now protects over 1200 heritage properties across the world.
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1. Egypt on the Globe
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2. Flag of Egypt
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3. The Giza pyramid complex, Necropolis
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4. Statue at the temple of Rameses II
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5. The Kiosk of Qertassi, by Dennis Jarvis
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6. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France
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7. Flag of UNESCO
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8. Aswan High Dam, April 12, 2015
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9. Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
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10. The relocated Temple of Amada at Lake Nasser, Egypt
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11. Reassembling the statue of Ramses the Great at the Great Temple of Abu Simbel
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12. Relocated Ramesses II status, Abu Simbel
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13. Temple of Nefertari, Abu Simbel, Egypt
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14. The Buhen temple, reconstructed at the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum
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15. Temple of Kumma, Temple of Kumma
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16. Temple of Debod, Madrid, Spain
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17. Poster for the Cold War Tv Series from CNN
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18. Inauguration ceremony to mark the completion of reconstruction of the Abu Simbel Temples
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19. Egyptian President Nasser and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at the construction of Aswan High Dam
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20. Inner sanctuary of the Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel, Egypt
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21. Convention of the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
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22. Adoption of the World Heritage Convention in 1972 at UNESCO
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23. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru
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24. Angkor Vat
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25. Great Wall of China
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26. Hampi, karnataka
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27. The Vishvakarma Buddhist Cave, Ellora Caves, India,
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28. - Sanchi Stupa, East Gateway 1
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29. Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur
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30. Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
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31. Rock Shelter 8, Bhimbetka
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32. Rani ki vav, Patan, Ahmedaba, Gujarat
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33. Humayun Tomb, Delhi
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34. World Heritage Committee 2015 in Bonn, Germany
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35. Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
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Leaders of all nations should collectively attend some conference that shows the evolution of man and his achievements as a whole. On returning back, I guess they won't be as narrow-focused on their individual identities based on religion or race or color.