World Heritage Sites In Arab States

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EGYPT

• 1979: 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

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC

• 1979: Ancient City of Damascus

TUNISIA

• 1979: Amphitheatre of El Jem
• 1979: Archaeological Site of Carthage
• 1979: Medina of Tunis

Algeria

• 1980: Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad
• 1982: Tassili n’Ajjer
• 1982: M’Zab Valley
• 1982: Djemila
• 1982: Tipasa
• 1982: Timgad
• 1992: Kasbah of Algiers

Egypt

• 2002: Saint Catherine Area
• 2005: Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Iraq

• 2003: Ashur (Qal’at Sherqat)
• 2007: Samarra Archaeological City
• 2014: Erbil Citadel
• 2016: The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
• 2019: Babylon

Jordan

• 1985: Petra
• 2011: Wadi Rum Protected Area
• 2015: Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)
• 2021: As-Salt – The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality

Lebanon

• 1984: Baalbek
• 1984: Byblos
• 1984: Tyre
• 1998: Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)

Libya

• 1982: Archaeological Site of Sabratha
• 1986: Old Town of Ghadamès

Morocco

• 1981: Medina of Fez
• 1985: Medina of Marrakesh
• 1987: Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
• 1997: Archaeological Site of Volubilis
• 1997: Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
• 2001: Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
• 2012: Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage

Oman

• 1987: Bahla Fort
• 1988: Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
• 2000: Land of Frankincense
• 2006: Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman

Qatar

• 2013: Al Zubarah Archaeological Site

Saudi Arabia

• 2008: Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih)
• 2010: At-Turaif District in ad-Dir’iyah
• 2014: Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah
• 2015: Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia
• 2018: Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape
• 2021: Ḥimā Cultural Area
• 2023: ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid

State of Palestine

• 2012: Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
• 2017: Hebron Al-Khalil Old Town
• 2023: Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan

Sudan

• 2011: Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
• 2016: Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park

Syrian Arab Republic

• 1980: Site of Palmyra
• 1986: Ancient City of Aleppo

Tunisia

• 1985: Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
• 1988: Kairouan
• 1988: Medina of Sousse
• 1997: Dougga / Thugga
• 2023: Djerba: Testimony to a settlement pattern in an island territory

Uncategorized

• 1981: Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

United Arab Emirates

• 2011: Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)

Yemen

• 1982: Old Walled City of Shibam
• 1986: Old City of Sana’a
• 2008: Socotra Archipelago