The biennial list is intended to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, ...

In Gaza City's Church of Saint Porphyrius, as fighting raged across the Palestinian territory, around a dozen members of the Orthodox Christian community gathered for the annual service.

In the richly decorated Church of Saint Porphyrius in the heart of Gaza City, as fighting raged across the Palestinian territory, around a dozen members of the Orthodox Christian community gathered ...

In the richly decorated Church of Saint Porphyrius in the heart of Gaza City, as fighting raged across the Palestinian territory, around a dozen members of the Orthodox Christian community ...

A Palestinian Christian lights a candle during an Orthodox Christmas mass at the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City, Jan 7, ...

The Holy Family Church – one of just three remaining Christian places of worship in the Gaza Strip - OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP A simple sign with black printed text hangs from a cross outside the ...

Among those destroyed were the Grand Omari Mosque, one of the most important and ancient mosques in Palestinian history, and the Church of St. Porphyrius, considered the third oldest church in the ...

A simple sign with black printed text hangs from a cross outside the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City. “Due to the current situation there are no holiday celebrations, with respect,” it ...

A baroque church, a modernist cinema, irrigation systems and indigenous trading paths all feature on a new list of world heritage sites in danger. Published every two years by the World Monuments Fund ...

A far more tragic scenario unfolded on October 19 when the area surrounding the Church of Saint Porphyrius, the oldest church in Gaza, was bombed. This historic Orthodox church, nestled in the ...

A simple sign with black printed text hangs from a cross outside the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City. “Due to the current situation there are no holiday celebrations, with respect,” it reads.