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The Sphinx is not an individual world heritage site. It is within a giant world heritage site called Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur. This site was given world heritage status in 1979.
The Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California were inscribed as a World Heritage site in 2005.
The World Heritage Site states - "The site was added to the World Heritage List already in 1979, recognizing the universal admiration for the Pyramids, their antiquity and the exceptional civilization they represent"because it is the largest set of pyramids in the WORLDS
Varna Necropolis, Bulgaria
Memphis Under World was created in 1992.
There are 832 cultural World Heritage sites in the world.
World Heritage, Local Heritage, Family Heritage
No the World Heritage Committee is not in charge of the areas. They are the responsibility of the nation that they are in.
Avignon was classified as a World Heritage Site by Unesco on the basis of three out of Unesco's ten criteria. In summary, the criteria used were that Avignon represents a masterpiece of human creative genius, it exhibited an important interchange of human values, and it represents a significant stage in human history. In the case of Avignon, for a time it was the place from which the Catholic Pope ruled.
There are 206 natural World Heritage sites.
when and why are the world heritage sites in Egypt?
Stonehenge is a World Heritage site.