UNESCO just added Port Royal to its World Heritage Site list for its deep cultural and historical importance to Jamaica and the Caribbean. Once a pirate stronghold, the city was destroyed in a 1692 ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) – Archaeologists said Tuesday that they’ll ask the United Nations’ cultural agency to bestow world heritage status on Port Royal, the mostly submerged remains of a historic ...

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 ...

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 ...

On 12 July 2025, the World Heritage Committee inscribed The Archaeological Landscape of 17th Century Port Royal, Jamaica on the World Heritage List. This decision marks a key milestone for Jamaica and ...

The town of Port Royal is situated on a spit of land (Palisadoes) at the mouth of Kingston Harbour in south-eastern Jamaica. In 1692, a severe earthquake devastated the town and submerged a large ...