UNESCO Adds 19 New Sites To Its Collection

BENGALURU: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have added up 19 new places to its list of World Heritage Sites this year. Two sites from the set of 19 belong to China and two in Italy, also out of 19, 14 sites named were cultural and 5 were natural. To be on this prestigious list, the sites must be “of outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria” and it aids the organization to classify and evaluate different sites.

Al Zubarah Archaeological Site—Qatar

Secured by the protection of desert sand, remains of palaces, mosques streets, courtyard houses, and fishermen's huts–originally established by merchants from Kuwait, Al Zubarah had trading links across the Indian Ocean, Arabia and Western Asia, which flourished outside the control of Ottoman, European, and Persian empires. The structures hold harbor and double defensive walls, canal, walls and cemeteries.

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