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Cultural Criteria:	i	ii	iii	iv	v	vi
Natural Criteria:	vii	viii	ix	x

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By region: Arab States
Records found: 70 properties and 1 delisted property

Arab States

Algeria

Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
Djémila
Kasbah of Algiers
M'Zab Valley
Tassili n'Ajjer ^#
Timgad
Tipasa

Bahrain

Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun

Egypt

Abu Mena
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Historic Cairo
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Saint Catherine Area
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Iraq

Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat)
Hatra
Samarra Archaeological City

Jerusalem (Site proposed by Jordan)

Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

Jordan

Petra
Quseir Amra
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
Wadi Rum Protected Area

Lebanon

Anjar
Baalbek
Byblos
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
Tyre

Libya

Archaeological Site of Cyrene
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
Archaeological Site of Sabratha
Old Town of Ghadamès
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus

Mauritania

Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata
Banc d'Arguin National Park

Morocco

Archaeological Site of Volubilis
Historic City of Meknes
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
Medina of Fez
Medina of Marrakesh
Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)

Oman

Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Delisted 2007
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
Bahla Fort
Land of Frankincense

Saudi Arabia

Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)
At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah

Sudan

Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

Syrian Arab Republic

Ancient City of Aleppo
Ancient City of Bosra
Ancient City of Damascus
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
Site of Palmyra

Tunisia

Amphitheatre of El Jem
Archaeological Site of Carthage
Dougga / Thugga
Ichkeul National Park
Kairouan
Medina of Sousse
Medina of Tunis
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis

United Arab Emirates

Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)

Yemen

Historic Town of Zabid
Old City of Sana'a
Old Walled City of Shibam
Socotra Archipelago

^#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1

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