Egypt

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

• Abu Mena (1979)
• Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (1979)
• Historic Cairo (1979)
• Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1979)
• Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (1979)
• Saint Catherine Area (2002)

• Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (2005)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Siwa archaeological area (1994)
• Temple of Serabit Khadem (#) (1994)
• North Sinai archaeological Sites Zone (1994)
• Temple of Hator built by Ramses III (1994)
• Dahshour archaeological area (1994)
• El Fayoum: Kom Aushim (Karanis), Dimai (Soknopaiounesos), Qasr Qarun (Dionysias), Batn I hrit (Theadelphia), Byahma-Medinet el Fayoum….. (1994)
• El-Gendi Fortress (1994)
• Rutho Monastery (1994)
• Wadi Feiran (1994)
• Pharaon Island (1994)
• Dahab (1994)
• Minia (#) (1994)
• Newibah castle (1994)
• Ras Mohammed (2002)
• Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun Nature Reserve (2003)
• Southern and Smaller Oases, the Western Desert (2003)
• Bird Migration Routes (2003)
• Desert Wadis (2003)
• Mountain Chains (2003)
• Great Desert Landscapes (2003)
• Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library (2003)
• Abydos, city of pilgrimage of the Pharaohs (2003)
• Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (2003)
• Necropolises of Middle Egypt, from the Middle Empire to the Roman period (2003)
• Raoudha nilometre in Cairo (2003)
• The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun (2003)
• Two citadels in Sinai from the Saladin period (Al-Gundi and Phataoh's island) (2003)
• The An-Nakhl fortress, a stage on the pilgrimage route to Mecca (2003)
• Oasis of Fayoum, hydraulic remains and ancient cultural landscapes (2003)
• Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid (2003)

News

• Oct 26, 2007
  Nine new members elected to World Heritage Committee
• Oct 24, 2007
  Members elected to World Heritage Committee
• Sep 18, 1997
  Publication Of The Proceedings Of The International Symposium In Hildesheim, Germany: World Cultural Heritage - A Global Challenge

Events

• Sep 24, 1997 - Jun 30, 1998
  Bikeabout To Launch Circum-Mediterranean Tour Of World Heritage Sites

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1976 - 1983
• 1991 - 1997
• 1999 - 2005
• 2007 - 2011

Contacts

• H. E. Dr. Shadia Kenawy
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate
  Permanent Delegation of the Arab Republic of Egypt to UNESCO
  Maison de l'UNESCO
  Bureau M5.16
  1, rue Miollis
  75732 PARIS Cedex 15
  Tel: 01.45.68.33.09
  Fax: 01.47.83.41.87
  EMail: dl.egypte@unesco.org
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• Egyptian National Commission for UNESCO
  President: Dr Hany Helal*
  Secretary-General: Mr Mohammed Safwat Salem
  17 Kuwait Street (ex Shareh Ismail Abu El Fotooh Street)
  Dokki, Guizeh
  CAIRO
  EGYPT
  Tel: (202) 76 29 154; (202) 76 29 153; (202) 76 03 768
  Fax: (202) 335 69 47
  EMail: egnatcom@egnatcom.org.eg; idc@egnatcom.org.eg;
  Web Site: http://www.egnatcom.org.eg
  Source: UNESCO/ERC