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  • World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP)

    World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP)
    Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our human ability to create and build environment with nearby available resources. It includes a great variety of building types and groups, ranging from mosques, palaces and granaries to historic city centers, cultural landscapes, and archaeological sites. Its cultural importance throughout the world is evident and has led to its consideration as a common heritage of humankind, and ...

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  • World Heritage Series n°29 - Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS)

    World Heritage Series n°29 - Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments (HEADS)
     Human evolution-related properties represent a process of evolutionary accretion that took place over a vast period of time, offering vital insight to scientific, cultural, ethological and historical dimensions of human development, and the earliest evidence of human expressions and practices. The World Heritage Thematic Programme ‘Human Evolution: Adaptations, Dispersals and Social Developments’ (HEADS) comes at a pertinent time in ...