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This Month we will explore and
discover some of UNESCO’s greatest
World Heritage Sites We will visit
Africa, India, The Middle East and
Latin America. The 6-part series will
(United Nations Educational, continue in January 2023
Scientific and Cultural Organization)

Cambridge historian Sir Christopher Clark joins the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
and explores the places of special beauty created by humans.

A World Heritage Site
is a natural or cultural site
that demonstrates influence
or significance in a global
context (i.e., has
“Outstanding Universal Val-
ue”), and has been inscribed
on the World Heritage List by
Wednesday Dec 7th 6:30 PM Wednesday Dec 14th 6: 30 PM
the United Nations Educa-
In this episode of “Planet of Treas- tional, Scientific, and Cultural On this journey presenter, Christo-
ures” presenter, Christopher Clark Organization's (UNESCO) pher Clark visits highlights of the
travels the African continent, World Heritage Committee. diverse and historic UNESCO World
known as the cradle of humankind, Heritage Sites in India and tries to

and bearing witness to this long and SADLY answer the question as to what
diverse past. His journey leads him So many of you at Amber unites the 1,4 billion people on the
to Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tan- Lights don’t take advantage subcontinent. His path leads him
zania from the holy Hindu city of Varanasi
of these outstanding fun and
to Mumbai.
educational events. Those of
us who attend are astounded
by what we don’t know. We
don’t know because so many
of these sites that we learn
about have only been
discovered and unearthed in
the last 20 years or so.

Wednesday Dec 21st 6:30 PM This 6 part series will take us Wednesday Dec 7th 6:30 PM
on a tour of some of the his-
“Planet of Treasures” visits famous toric sites of the world that Latin America is coined by the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in are worthy of being a meeting of the Old and New World.
Iran and Jordan. The Old World and Here you find the legacy of pre-
the orient are the cradles of civiliza- UNESCO World Heritage Site Columbian advanced civilizations,
tion and the origin of many reli- and what they are colonial architecture, and the beau-
gions. Presenter Christopher Clark doing to preserve and ty of nature. Presenter Christopher
travels through Jordan and follows protect them. In January we Clark follows the tracks of early ad-
old trading routes via Persepolis to will visit Europe & South East vanced civilizations in Palenque and
Isfahan in Iran. Asia. Teotihuacan.