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This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [ 3 ] The 24th session in 2000 inscribed the most with 61 entries, while the 13th session in 1989 only ...
The Ljubljana Marshes Wheel is a wooden wheel that was found in the Ljubljana Marsh some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, in 2002. [] Radiocarbon dating, performed in the VERA laboratory (Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator) in Vienna, showed that it was approximately 5,100 to 5,350 years old, which makes ...
Newgrange (Irish: Sí an Bhrú[ 1 ]) is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, located on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, eight kilometres (five miles) west of the town of Drogheda. [ 2 ] It is an exceptionally grand passage tomb built during the Neolithic Period, around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian ...
It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of seven hills and over 750 rock shelters distributed over 10 km (6.2 mi). [ 2 ] [ 6 ] At least some of the shelters were inhabited more than 100,000 years ago.
Tassili n'Ajjer is a plateau in southeastern Algeria at the borders of Libya, Niger, and Mali, covering an area of 72,000 km 2. [ 2 ] It ranges from 26°20′N5°00′E / 26.333°N 5.000°E east-south-east to 24°00′N10°00′E / 24.000°N 10.000°E. Its highest point is the Adrar Afao that peaks at 2,158 m (7,080 ft), located at ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site. Official name: ... 4,000-year-old bricks and tile for construction for the next 75 years, while the site lay unexplored, ...
A Neolithic passage grave and an ancient monument of the World Heritage Site of Brú na Bóinne: Dowth: Ireland: Europe: between 3200 and 2900 BCE Tomb The cairn is about 85 metres (280 ft) in diameter and 15 metres (50 ft) high. Skara Brae: United Kingdom Europe: 3180 BCE Settlement Northern Europe's best preserved Neolithic village. [41] [42]
A World Heritage Site may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humanity, and serve as evidence of our intellectual history on the planet or it might be a place of great natural beauty. [7] As of July 2024, a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites (952 cultural, 231 natural and 40 mixed cultural and natural properties) exist across 168 countries.