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World Heritage Sites: Exploring the World’s Greatest Places

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English
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11 hours 55 minutes
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Beginner

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<p>Encounter some of the most astounding treasures of our world, both man-made and natural, in this tour of UNESCO World Heritage sites.</p>

Syllabus

01: Paleolithic Cave Art of Spain and France
02: The Taj Mahal of Agra
03: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
04: The Mogao Grottoes and Manuscripts
05: Persepolis, the Great Persian Capital
06: Easter Island and the Moai
07: Canada’s Rocky Mountains
08: Teotihuacán, Largest City of Mesoamerica
09: Samarkand, Crossroads of Central Asia
10: Ancient Egyptian Thebes
11: The Forbidden City of Beijing
12: Mount Fuji, the Symbol of Japan
13: Timbuktu, Islam’s Center by the Sahara
14: The Ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum
15: Virunga National Park, Gorilla Sanctuary
16: Angkor Wat, the Great Khmer Temple
17: Earliest China: Yinxu and the Oracle Bones
18: The Inca Estate of Machu Picchu
19: Iceland’s Great Assembly at Thingvellir
20: Afghanistan’s Lost Bamiyan Buddhas
21: The Acropolis of Athens
22: Tibet’s Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple
23: Palmyra, Oasis in the Syrian Desert
24: The Redwood Forests of California
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Taught by

Justin M. Jacobs

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