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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20458934" data-attributes="member: 158020">-UNESCO World Heritage Centre Inscribes 9 New Heritage Sites- The World Heritage Committee, the cultural arm of the United Nations  is currently meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, for its 40th session. The  committee, which meets every year to discuss ways to preserve the  world’s cultural and historical treasures as well as to review new sites  nominated for the World Heritage Site designation, announced the  addition of the 9 new cultural sites to its growing list. Let us take a  brief look at the nine sites. Dolmens of Antequera, Spain These  are three ancient dolmen sites are located just outside Antequera, in  Andalusia in southern Spain. The three dolmens —the Menga and Viera  dolmens and the Tolos of El Romeral— were built during the Neolithic and  Bronze Age out of large stone blocks to form chambers where the dead  were buried. There are many dolmen sites scattered across the world. The  dolmens at Antequera are one of the largest known ancient megalithic  structures in Europe. Aside from the dolmens, two natural monuments: the  Peña de los Enamorados and El Torcal mountainous formations, are also  included within the property. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tJ3fHQciJZU/V4pEOrmhZgI/AAAAAAABO_U/URvOACRXdbg/dolmens-of-antequera-42.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SDpFd6t7EXY/V4pEP3-6CjI/AAAAAAABO_Y/jAVOWmZaufo/dolmens-of-antequera-22.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xbf94EFN1wI/V4pERFgvytI/AAAAAAABO_c/tmQQUnup-Mc/dolmens-of-antequera-32.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Archaeological Site of Ani, Turkey The  mediaeval city of Ani was once a flourishing capital of the medieval  Armenian kingdom of the Bagratides during the 10th and 11th centuries  CE. It was an important crossroads for merchant caravans plying the Silk  Road. The city had hundreds of residential, religious and military  structures built up over the centuries by Christian and then Muslim  dynasties. The Mongol invasion and a devastating earthquake in 1319  marked the beginning of the city’s decline. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W4GSra_qCxM/Vz7smD8pC-I/AAAAAAABNiY/pTEn1F_P3Aw/ani-ruined-churches-96.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T0BK3u6uZ-4/Vz7snnFqkHI/AAAAAAABNic/IVdJ7KzMuMY/ani-ruined-churches-192.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Nalanda University, India The  ancient Nalanda Mahavihara or University in the State of Bihar, in  north-eastern India, was established in the 5th century BC and was one  of the most important centers of learning until the 13th century CE. At  its peak, the school attracted scholars and students all the way from  Tibet, China, Korea, and Central Asia. At Nalanda, scholars studied  Buddhism, logic, Sanskrit grammar, medicine and ancient Hindu scriptures  such as Vedas and Samkhya. Nalanda was ransacked and destroyed  by the invading Muslim dynasties and it was eventually abandoned and  forgotten. Nalanda is now a notable tourist destination. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p0JROTzw8YE/V4pESTHTT7I/AAAAAAABO_k/GIAlXUnsTlo/nalanda-university-42.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ITDtHpKSWaA/V4pETswrd0I/AAAAAAABO_o/YPuOnmnptrA/nalanda-university-12.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MwGH28xYWqQ/V4pEUmwiK5I/AAAAAAABO_s/NB4Yvop4GPU/nalanda-university-22.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Archaeological Site of Philippi, Greece The  ancient walled city of Philippi lies at the foot of an acropolis in the  present-day region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. It was founded in  356 BC by the Macedonian King Philip II, the father of the Great  Alexander. The city developed as a “small Rome” with an ancient theater,  the Forum and the commercial market, the palaestra, the islands with  private houses and early Christian churches. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Cb-fEbfHiVo/V4pEWHDdrOI/AAAAAAABO_w/_Z89oZ7wdac/philippi-greece-12.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O7rvdjW0x0E/V4pEXY2ZXfI/AAAAAAABO_0/J8DBIqhHAg8/philippi-greece-22.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Gorham's Cave Complex, UK The  steep limestone cliffs on the eastern side of the Rock of Gibraltar  contain four caves with archaeological and paleontological deposits that  provide evidence of Neanderthal occupation over a span of more than  125,000 years. Gorham's cave is one of the last sites that we know were  occupied by Neanderthals. After that, anatomically modern humans were  the only hominid walking the earth. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3AI_rfkxZEM/V4pEZI0FLVI/AAAAAAABO_4/exdq1llsrz8/gorhams-cave-12.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia Nan  Madol is a series of 99 artificial islets off the south-east coast of  Pohnpei that were constructed with walls of basalt and coral boulders.  These islets harbour the remains of stone palaces, temples, tombs and  residential domains built between 1200 and 1500 CE. These ruins  represent the ceremonial centre of the Saudeleur dynasty, a vibrant  period in Pacific Island culture. The huge scale of the edifices, their  technical sophistication and the concentration of megalithic structures  bear testimony to complex social and religious practices of the island  societies of the period. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WmLsA3UmD58/V4pEa1pRv1I/AAAAAAABO_8/DnhPuSsrswc/nan-madol2.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Stećci Medieval Tombstones Graveyards This  series of property consist of 30 sites spread over four countries —  Bosnia and Herzegovina, western Serbia, western Montenegro and central  and southern Croatia. They represents cemeteries and regionally  distinctive medieval tombstones, or stećci. The tombstones of the  cemeteries, which date from the 12th to 16th centuries CE, feature a  wide range of decorative motifs and inscriptions that represent  iconographic continuities within medieval Europe as well as locally  distinctive traditions. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jyu3OoK5dbI/V4pEt7w4LEI/AAAAAAABPAA/gtb8f6TWM_4/steci-tombstones2.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   The Persian Qanat, Iran Qanat,  or water canals that run along underground tunnels for dozens of  kilometers and bring water from aquifers to the arid desert, are  ubiquitous in Iran. The eleven qanats representing this system include  rest areas for workers, water reservoirs and watermills. The traditional  communal management system still in place allows equitable and  sustainable water sharing and distribution. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NmZobDgX-no/V4pExcf5fOI/AAAAAAABPAE/lbKecgsrrk4/qanat2.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, China Located  on the steep cliffs in the border regions of southwest China, these 38  sites of rock art illustrate the life and rituals of the Luoyue people.  They date from the period around the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century  CE. In a surrounding landscape of karst, rivers and plateaux, they  depict ceremonies which have been interpreted as portraying the bronze  drum culture once prevalent across southern China. This cultural  landscape is the only remains of this culture today. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZnEh5ibdgnY/V4pEzg6jywI/AAAAAAABPAI/tfaqz-JFQnU/zuojiang-huashan-rock-art-2.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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