(VOVworld) - The United Nations cultural agency today inscribed four new sites in China, India, Iran and Micronesia on its World Heritage List.

Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape: Typical Tablelands in Zuojiang River Basin, China. Photo: UNESCO/ Huang Wenwei

The new sites added to the list – which are selected by the World Heritage Committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – as being of special cultural or physical significance – include China’s Zuojiang Huashan rock art cultural landscape; the archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara in India; and the Persian Qanat in Iran. 
The Committee, which has been meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, for its 40^th session since 10 July, also selected Micronesia’s artificial islets of Nan Madol and simultaneously placed that site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.