Ep. 116 UNESCO: How the Preservation of Our Collective History Became a Global Mission with Gary Arndt

This week I teamed up with fellow podcaster and prolific world traveler, Gary Arndt, from the "Everything Everywhere Daily" podcast to talk about UNESCO, an organization with a mission to save natural wonders and cultural heritage sites around the world. You'll hear the story of how UNESCO got it's start, specifically the painstaking dismantling, transport, and reconstruction of one some ancient Egypt's greatest wonders, threatened by modern development, and how the world came together to save it. You'll also hear about Gary's travels, including his favorite and least favorite UNESCO sites.

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Sources:

• Everything Everywhere "Everything You Wanted To Know About UNESCO World Heritage Sites But Never Bothered to Ask"
• JSTOR Daily "An Epic Face-Lift: Moving Abu Simbel Out of the Nile"
• UNESCO "Working Together: Abu Simbel"
• UNESCO Archives Film Collection: "The World Saves Abu Simbel" documentary
• National Geographic "Saving the Temples of Abu Simbel"
• Wikipedia "Abu Simbel"

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