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This Caribbean Island’s Sunken City Was a Pirate Stronghold—and Now It’s a New UNESCO World Heritage Site

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UNESCO just added Port Royal to its World Heritage Site list for its deep cultural and historical importance to Jamaica and the ...
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Port Royal added as Jamaica's second UNESCO World Heritage Site

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known by its acronym, UNESCO, added a second heritage site in Jamaica this week, at Port Royal. According to the Jamaica ...
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Pirate port; the story of the sunken city of Port Royal [by] Robert F. Marx

Reconstructs the history and civilization of a pirate city, most of which was pulled beneath the sea by an earthquake in 1692. Describes artifacts and treasures found through underwater archaeological ...
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This Caribbean Island’s Sunken City Was a Pirate Stronghold—and Now It’s a New UNESCO World Heritage Site

A sunken building on Port Royal. Talk about a transformation. Formerly known as the "Wickedest City on Earth," the once pirate-controlled town of Port Royal, Jamaica, has been named a new UNESCO World ...