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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1979 Abu Mena EG C ARB 183 90
1979 Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis EG C ARB 7,390 87
1979 Antigua Guatemala GT C LAC 0 65
1979 Archaeological Site of Carthage TN C ARB 498 37
1979 Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region ET C AFR 0 19
1979 Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur EG C ARB 16,359 86
1979 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae EG C ARB 374 88
1979 Tchogha Zanbil IR C APA 0 113
1979 Tikal National Park GT M LAC 57,600 64
1980 Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad DZ C ARB 150 102
1980 Ancient City of Bosra SY C ARB 116 22
1980 Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro PK C APA 240 138
1980 Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol PK C APA 51 140
1980 Maya Site of Copan HN C LAC 15 129
1980 Megalithic Temples of Malta 1 MT C EUR 3 132
1980 Paphos CY C EUR 162 79
1980 Site of Palmyra SY C ARB 1,640 23
1980 Taxila PK C APA 0 139
1981 Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua GT C LAC 34 149
1981 Kakadu National Park AU M APA 1,980,995 147
1982 Ancient City of Sigiriya LK C APA 0 202
1982 Archaeological Site of Cyrene LY C ARB 132 190
1982 Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna LY C ARB 387 183
1982 Archaeological Site of Sabratha LY C ARB 91 184
1982 Djémila DZ C ARB 31 191
1982 Timgad DZ C ARB 91 194
1982 Tipasa DZ C ARB 52 193
1983 Ellora Caves IN C APA 0 243
1983 Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu PE M LAC 38,161 274
1984 Baalbek LB C ARB 0 294
1984 Byblos LB C ARB 0 295
1984 Tyre LB C ARB 154 299
1985 Chavin (Archaeological Site) PE C LAC 15 330
1985 Petra JO C ARB 26,171 326
1985 Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis TN C ARB 0 332
1985 Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur BD C APA 0 322
1986 Chan Chan Archaeological Zone PE C LAC 1,415 366
1986 Great Zimbabwe National Monument ZW C AFR 722 364
1986 Hattusha: the Hittite Capital TR C EUR 268 377
1986 Khami Ruins National Monument ZW C AFR 0 365
1986 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey GB C EUR 310 372
1986 Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae GR C EUR 20 392
1987 Acropolis, Athens GR C EUR 3 404
1987 Archaeological Site of Delphi GR C EUR 51 393
1987 Bahla Fort OM C ARB 0 433
1987 Chaco Culture US C EUR 14,261 353
1987 Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán MX C LAC 4,375 415
1987 Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor CN C APA 244 441
1987 Nemrut Dağ TR C EUR 11 448
1987 Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque MX C LAC 1,772 411
1987 Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan MX C LAC 250 414
1988 Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn OM C ARB 0 434
1988 Hierapolis-Pamukkale TR M EUR 1,077 485
1988 Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza MX C LAC 0 483
1988 Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus GR C EUR 1,394 491
1989 Archaeological Site of Mystras GR C EUR 54 511
1989 Archaeological Site of Olympia GR C EUR 106 517
1991 Historic City of Ayutthaya TH C APA 289 576
1992 Angkor KH C APA 40,100 668
1992 Ban Chiang Archaeological Site TH C APA 30 575
1992 El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City MX C LAC 240 631
1992 Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos GR C EUR 668 595
1993 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida ES C EUR 31 664
1993 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne IE C EUR 770 659
1993 Historic Town of Zabid YE C ARB 0 611
1993 Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue PY C LAC 28 648
1993 Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site SV C LAC 3,200 675
1993 Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi IN C APA 0 233
1995 San Agustín Archaeological Park CO C LAC 0 744
1996 Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) GR C EUR 1,421 780
1997 Archaeological Area of Agrigento IT C EUR 934 831
1997 Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata IT C EUR 98 829
1997 Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá PA C LAC 57 790
1997 Archaeological Site of Volubilis MA C ARB 42 836
1998 Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia IT C EUR 155 825
1998 Archaeological Site of Troy TR C EUR 158 849
1998 Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas Grandes MX C LAC 147 560
1998 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula IT C EUR 159,110 842
1998 Fuerte de Samaipata BO C LAC 0 883
1999 Archaeological Monuments Zone of Xochicalco MX C LAC 708 939
1999 Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns GR C EUR 0 941
1999 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains RO C EUR 0 906
1999 My Son Sanctuary VN C APA 142 949
1999 State Historical and Cultural Park “Ancient Merv” TM C APA 353 886
2000 Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco ES C EUR 33 875
2000 Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba CU C LAC 81,475 1008
2000 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca ES C EUR 284 989
2000 Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots AM C EUR 74 1011
2000 Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae) HU C EUR 4 853
2000 Ruins of León Viejo NI C LAC 32 613
2001 Masada IL C EUR 276 1040
2001 Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape LA C APA 39,000 481
2002 Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam AF C APA 70 211
2003 Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley AF C APA 159 208
2003 Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region SD C ARB 183 1073
2003 Takht-e Soleyman IR C APA 10 1077
2004 Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park IN C APA 1,329 1101
2004 Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia IT C EUR 327 1158
2004 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė) LT C EUR 194 1137
2004 Petroglyphs of the Archaeological Landscape of Tanbaly KZ C APA 900 1145
2004 Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) JO C ARB 24 1093
2005 Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba IL C EUR 96 1108
2005 Kunya-Urgench TM C APA 353 1199
2006 Chongoni Rock-Art Area MW C AFR 12,640 476
2007 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius RS C EUR 179 1253
2007 Parthian Fortresses of Nisa TM C APA 78 1242
2007 Samarra Archaeological City IQ C ARB 15,058 276
2007 Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes NA C AFR 57 1255
2008 Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ) SA C ARB 1,621 1293
2008 Temple of Preah Vihear KH C APA 155 1224
2009 Sacred City of Caral-Supe PE C LAC 626 1269
2010 At-Turaif District in ad-Dir'iyah SA C ARB 29 1329
2011 Ancient Villages of Northern Syria SY C ARB 12,290 1348
2011 Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe SD C ARB 2,357 1336
2011 Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land JP C APA 176 1277
2012 Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley MY C APA 399 1396
2013 Al Zubarah Archaeological Site QA C ARB 416 1402
2014 Bolgar Historical and Archaeological Complex RU C EUR 424 981
2014 Erbil Citadel IQ C ARB 16 1437
2014 Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape TR C EUR 333 1457
2016 Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites AG C LAC 255 1499
2016 Archaeological Site of Ani TR C EUR 251 1518
2016 Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar IN C APA 23 1502
2016 Archaeological Site of Philippi GR C EUR 88 1517
2017 Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura KH C APA 840 1532
2017 Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site BR C LAC 0 1548
2018 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke DE C EUR 228 1553
2018 Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region IR C APA 639 1568
2018 Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site KE C AFR 21 1450
2019 Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City CN C APA 1,434 1592
2023 Jodensavanne Archaeological Site: Jodensavanne Settlement and Cassipora Creek Cemetery SR C LAC 25 1680
2023 Koh Ker: Archaeological Site of Ancient Lingapura or Chok Gargyar KH C APA 1,188 1667
2023 National Archaeological Park Tak’alik Ab’aj GT C LAC 15 1663
2024 Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia ET C AFR 0 13
2024 The Archaeological Heritage of Niah National Park’s Caves Complex MY C APA 3,690 1014
2024 The Cultural Landscape of Al-Faw Archaeological Area SA C ARB 4,848 1712
2024 The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi KE C AFR 21 1720
Notes

  1. The Committee decided to extend the existing cultural property, the "Temple of Ggantija", to include the five prehistoric temples situated on the islands of Malta and Gozo and to rename the property as "The Megalithic Temples of Malta".

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