Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
Factors affecting the property in 1996*
- Illegal activities
- Management systems/ management plan
- Other Threats:
Several repairs or preventive measures needed
International Assistance: requests for the property until 1996
Total amount approved : 6,500 USD
| 1988 | Assist the authorities in preparing a revised ... (Approved) | 6,500 USD |
Missions to the property until 1996**
September 1996: UNESCO experts mission
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 1996
On the occasion of a mission sent to Oman from 14 to 21 September 1996, UNESCO experts noted that several structures of the site of Bat are now protected by wire fence enclosures, but that several repairs or preventive measures should be taken, in agreement with the wishes of the Omani authorities.
Analysis and Conclusion by World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies in 1996
The Bureau may wish to adopt the following text and transmit it to the Committee for noting:
"Having noted the Secretariat report on the state of conservation of the archaeological site of Bat, the Bureau thanked the Omani authorities for preserving the structures of the site and encouraged them to implement as quickly as possible the additional measures already foreseen:
- repair of the fenced enclosures;
- diversion of the course of the neighbouring Wadi which threatens the protection of the site;
- discreet marking in-situ, by appropriate methods, of the position of the stones still in place in the walls.
- reinforcement of the security guards to avoid the theft of the blocks of stone."
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 1996
20 COM VII.D.69
SOC noted by Committee: Archaeological sites of Bat, AI-Khutun and AI-Ayn (Oman)
VII.69 Archaeological sites of Bat, AI-Khutun and AI-Ayn (Oman)
On the occasion of a mission sent to Oman from 14 to 21 September 1996, UNESCO experts noted that several structures of the site of Bat are now protected by wire fence enclosures, but that several repairs and preventive measures should be taken.
Having noted the Secretariat report on the state of conservation of the archaeological site of Bat, the Bureau thanked the Omani authorities for preserving the structures of the site and encouraged them to implement as quickly as possible the additional measures already foreseen:
- repair of the fenced enclosures;
- diversion of the course of the neighbouring Wadi which threatens the protection of the site;
- discreet marking in-situ, by appropriate methods, 0f the position of the stones still in place in the walls;
- reinforcement of the security guards to avoid the theft of the blocks of stone.
Oman
* :
The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).
** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.
