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Every year, natural and cultural places from all over the world are attributed because of their beauty and individuality as well as their ‘importance to human evolution’.

UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, where world heritage sites will be decided.

The 43rd Summit of the United Nations World Heritage Organisation continued until July 10 and finalised seven places to add to their list.

THE ANCIENT CITY OF BABYLON — the first of this list is the ancient city of Mesopotamia civilization in the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

Iraq had been lobbying since 1983 for the 4,000-year-old site to be added to the United Nations’ prestigious list.

The city is also famous for its ancient “Hanging Garden”, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

The site has suffered in recent years – first from the construction of a palace for Saddam Hussein, and later from being used as a base for US troops.

The United Nations World Heritage Committee has decided to preserve this ancient place in the world heritage list and protect it under international laws.

At the same time, and more places have been global heritage, let’s know.

VATNAJOKULL NATIONAL PARK, ICELAND — Vatnajokull national park covers 14 percent of Iceland’s surface area, 14,701 square kilometres in total. This National Park is full of a wide charming and natural landscape.

Along with this, it is unique for lava flows places and animals that are available here.

There are incredible rock formations, waterfalls other volcanoes of the highlands, and an unending variety of areas where geology, ecology and history lessons spring to life.

Hiking trails and 4WD routes can get you to remote gems, but you don’t have to go far to sample some of the park’s highlights.

Access to the park’s lowland and northern areas is straightforward.

The first of this list is the ancient city of Mesopotamia civilisation in the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO

FRENCH AUSTRAL LAND AND SEAS — the island, which is considered as a “piece of paradise” in the South Sea, has also been included in UNESCO’s global heritage list.

The French Austral Lands and Seas comprise the largest of the rarely emerged land masses in the southern Indian Ocean.

Here are the world’s most diverse species of birds, including penguins and marine mammals. The remoteness of these islands from centres of human activity makes them extremely well-preserved showcases of biological evolution and a unique terrain for scientific research.

THE INDIAN CITY OF JAIPUR — Jaipur city of India’s northwestern Rajasthan state, known as the ‘Pink City’. History of most buildings here dates from 1727AD when the ancient city was founded. The ancient buildings here are the masterpieces of architecture.

With gardens, courtyards and museums, part of it is still a royal residence.

Jaipur City is also an exceptional example of a late medieval trade town in South Asia and defined new concepts for a thriving trade and commercial hub.

MOUNDED TOMBS OF ANCIENT JAPAN — the history of the 49 old tombs from the third to the sixth century.

It is located in the city of Osaka in Japan.

Burial mounds of various sizes, kofun can take the form of keyholes, scallops, squares or circles, which are unique to ancient Japan.

The country’s largest keyhole-shaped mound named after Emperor Nintoku, who is said to have reigned in the fourth century.

The Emperor Nintoku mausoleum, officially called Daisen Kofun, is part of the Mozu cluster in Sakai and is 486 meters long.

It is the first time that tombs managed by the agency have been registered as world heritage sites, and the first time spots in Osaka Prefecture have been added to the UNESCO list.

THE CITY OF BAGAN IN MYANMAR — thousands of temples spread Buddhism in this city make even the charming scene of this city. Myanmar’s ancient capital is the first to be tourist attractions.

The decision recognizes the importance of the central Myanmar site, which includes more than 3,500 stupas, temples, monasteries and other structures built between the 11th and 13th centuries and will likely be a boon to Myanmar’s tourist industry.

LAOS PLAIN OF JARS — the plain of jars of large-scale at the location of Zi Yang Khong in Central Laos has also been included in the UN World Heritage List.

Archaeologists say that the formation of stones is a great deal of history that comes from the era of the Iron Age when they were used for burial rituals.

This serial site of 15 components involves large carved stone jars, stone discs, secondary burials, tombstones, quarries and funerary objects that match 500BCE to 500 CE. Made of jars and related elements, and it has disappeared around 500CE, as long as it has been used that Iron Age is the most prominent proof of civilisation.

The writer is a freelancer and a graduate of Punjab University. She works at the Federal Board of Revenue and be reached at canwal.22@gmail.com