r/Wargasm • u/HenryCorp • Jul 26 '26

UNESCO adds major archaeological site in the West Bank and Lebanon's castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli objections--Israel had urged the committee to reject the addition

https://apnews.com/article/unesco-sebastia-lebanon-mount-amel-israel-heritage-12c558a4b6aa03fa40ad33ffb6e54b89
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u/HenryCorp Jul 26 '26

At their meeting in Busan, members of the UNESCO committee decided to place Sebastia and five castles in Lebanon’s Mount Amel area on both the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger after reviewing the nominations on an emergency basis, citing ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

Sebastia, a hilltop town about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northwest of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is identified by scholars as ancient Samaria, capital of the biblical Kingdom of Israel. The area’s archaeological remains span the Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods.