Ubirr, in Kakadu National Park in northern Australia, contains thousands of rock paintings, and the oldest are at least 18,000 years old. Some depict extinct megafauna and the experience of contact with Europeans. Each year hundreds of thousands of visitors travel there, and tourism, litter, cyclones and wildfires have all put pressure on the sites. In response, Aboriginal Traditional Owners, working with researchers and rangers, created a conservation management plan led by Bininj, the Kunwinjku term for Aboriginal people. They used a method called cultural values mapping, in which owners sketched on satellite images to record sacred sites, living areas and threatened places. Rock art was recorded in 3D, and the models were built into an interactive environment that includes water, weather and recorded soundscapes.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.