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World Herigage in the Arab States World Heritage sites in Arab States Sites du Patrimoine Mondial dans les Etats Arabes Description of the world heritage sites with a bibliography based on documents available at the UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre Description des sites du patrimoine mondial avec une bibliographie de références issues du fonds du Centre de Documentation UNESCO-ICOMOS By UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre - August 2011 Par le Centre de Documentation UNESCO-ICOMOS - Août 2011 Prepared and edited by UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre. Updated by Carole Mongrenier et Francesca Giliberto. Préparé et édité par le Centre de Documentation UNESCO-ICOMOS. Actualisé par Carole Mongrenier et Francesca Giliberto. © UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre, August 2011. ICOMOS - International Council on Monuments and sites / Conseil International des Monuments et des Sites 49-51 rue de la Fédération 75015 Paris FRANCE http://www.international.icomos.org UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre / Centre de Documentation UNESCO-ICOMOS : http://www.international.icomos.org/centre_documentation/index.html Cover photographs: Photos de couverture : Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia: © Editions Gelbart / Jean-Jacques Gelbart ; Petra, Jordan: © Editions Gelbart; Historic Cairo, Egypt : © unesco. Content / Sommaire Algeria / Algérie ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 1980 – Al Qal’a of Beni Hammad / La Kalâa des Béni Hammad ................................................................................... 2 1982 – Tassili N’Ajjer ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 1982 – M’Zab Valley / Vallée du M’Zab ......................................................................................................................... 4 1982 – Djémila .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 1982 – Tipasa ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 1982 – Timgad .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 1992 – Kasbah of Algiers / Casbah d’Alger ................................................................................................................... 7 Bahrain ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10 2005 - 2008 - ............................................................................................................................................................... 10 Egypt / Egypte ............................................................................................................................................................... 12 1979 – Memphis and its Necropolis – The Pyramid fields from Giza to Dahshur / Memphis et sa nécropole – les zones des pyramides de Guizeh à Dahchour ........................................................................................................................ 12 1979 – Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis / Thèbes antique et sa nécropole ............................................................. 13 1979 – Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae / Monuments de Nubie d’Abou Simbel à Philae ..................... 14 1979 – Islamic Cairo / Le Caire Islamique ................................................................................................................... 17 1979 – Abu Mena / Abou Mena ................................................................................................................................... 23 2002 – Saint Catherine Area / Zone Sainte-Catherine ................................................................................................. 24 2005 - Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)/ Wadi Al-Hitan (La vallée des Baleines) ............................................................. 25 Iraq.................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 1985 - Hatra ................................................................................................................................................................ 26 2003 - Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) / Assour (Qal'at Cherqat) .............................................................................................. 27 2007 – Samarra Archaeological City / Ville archéologique de Samarra ....................................................................... 29 Jerusalem (Site Proposed By Jordan) / Jérusalem (Site Proposé Par La Jordanie) ................................................ 31 1981 - Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls / Vieille ville de Jérusalem et ses remparts ............................................... 31 Jordan / Jordanie........................................................................................................................................................... 35 1985 - Petra ................................................................................................................................................................ 35 1985 - Quseir Amra / Qusair Amra .............................................................................................................................. 39 2004- Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a) / Um er-Rasas (Kastron Mefa’a) ...................................................................... 40 2011- Wadi Rum Protected Area / Zone protégée du Wadi Rum ................................................................................ 41 Lebanon / Liban ............................................................................................................................................................. 42 1984 - Anjar ................................................................................................................................................................. 42 1984 - Baalbek ............................................................................................................................................................ 43 1984 - Byblos .............................................................................................................................................................. 45 1984 - Tyre / Tyr .......................................................................................................................................................... 46 1998 - Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) / Ouadi Qadisha ou Vallée sainte et forêt des cèdres de Dieu (Horsh Arz el-Rab) ...................................................................................... 47 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya / Jamahiriya Arabe Libyenne ............................................................................................... 48 1982 – Archaeological site of Leptis Magna / Site archéologique de Leptis Magna ..................................................... 48 1982 – Archaeological site of Sabratha / Site archéologique de Sabratha .................................................................. 48 1982 – Archaeological site of Cyrene / Site archéologique de Cyrène ........................................................................ 49 1985 – Rock art sites of Tadrart Acacus / Sites rupestres du Tadrart Acacus ............................................................. 50 1986 – Old Town of Ghadamès / Ancienne ville de Ghadamès ................................................................................... 50 Mauritania / Mauritanie .................................................................................................................................................. 51 1989 – Banc d’Arguin National Park /Parc national du banc d’Arguin.......................................................................... 51 1996 - Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata / Anciens Ksour de Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt et Oualata ....................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Morocco / Maroc ............................................................................................................................................................ 53 1981 – Medina of Fez / Médina de Fès ....................................................................................................................... 53 1985 – Medina of Marrakesh / Médina de Marrakech .................................................................................................. 56 1987 – Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou / Ksar d’Aït-Ben-Haddou ........................................................................................... 57 1996 – Historic city of Meknes / Ville historique de Meknès ........................................................................................ 58 1997 – Archaeological site of Volubilis / Site archéologique de Volubilis ..................................................................... 59
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