I'm sure everyone has heard of such famous places as the Great Pyramids, the Coliseum, the Great Wall of China, and the Taj Mahal.

Besides being famous landmarks, they all have something else in common.

They are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

What is the UNESCO World Heritage Site and how does the site become one?

Learn more about the UNESCO World Heritage Site Program on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by Curiosity Stream.

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The story of the World Heritage Program begins back in the 1950s.

Gammel Abdal Nasser, then president of Egypt,

announced plans for the Antoine High Dam.

The ambitious project would dam the Nile River,

one of the world's largest,

and provide over 2 gigawatts of power for the growing country of Egypt.

It would also end the seasonal flooding of the Nile, which was the reason why Egypt was such a fertile region for agriculture.

While the dam would provide a great many social improvements to Egypt, it did come in a great cost.

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