Al Qal’at of Beni Hammad (1980)

In a mountainous site of extraordinary beauty, the ruins of the first capital of  the Hammadides emirs, founded in 1007 and disbanded in 1152, authentic picture of a fortified Muslim city. The mosque, whose prayer room has 13 aisles and 8 bays, is one of the largest in Algeria.

Djemila (1982)

Djemila or Cuicul with its forum, its temples and basilicas, its triumphal arches and houses, 900 m above sea level, is an outstanding example of Roman town planning adapted to a mountain.

Tassili n'Ajjer (1982)

This strange lunar landscape of great geological interest is one of the most important groupings of prehistoric Rock-Art in the world. More than 15 000 drawings and engravings can follow, since 6000 BC to the early centuries of our era; climate change, migration of wildlife and the evolution of life on the borders of the Sahara. The panorama of geological formations is of exceptional 'forests of rock' sandstone eroded.

Timgad (1982)

On the northern slopes of the Aures, Timgad was created in Nihilo, in 100 AD by the Emperor Trajan as a military colony. With its square enclosure and orthogonal design based on the cardo and decumanus, the two perpendicular routes running through the city are a perfect example of Roman town planning.

Tipasa (1982)

Al Qal’at of Beni Hammad (1980)

On the shores of the Mediterranean, Tipasa ancient Punic was occupied by Rome and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. It comprises a unique group of Phoenician, Roman; early Christian and Byzantine monuments surrounded with people, such as Kbor Erroumia, the great royal mausoleum of Mauritania.

M'Zab Valley (1982)

The landscape of the M'Zab valley established in the tenth century by the Ibadites around their five ksours, fortified cities, seems to have remained intact. Simple, functional and perfectly adapted to the environment, architecture M'Zab was designed for community living, while respecting the family. It is a source of inspiration for today's urban planners.

Kasbah of Algiers (1992)

In one of the finest coastal sites on the Mediterranean, overlooking the islands where a Carthaginian was established in the fourth century BC, the Kasbah is a unique kind of medina, or Islamic city. Place of memory as much as history, it contains remains of the citadel, old mosques, palaces ottomans, and a traditional urban structure associated with a great sense of community.

Qal’at al-Bahrain - former port and capital of Dilmun (2005)

Qal'at al-Bahrain is a typical Tell, i.e. an artificial mound created by many successive layers of human occupation. The stratigraphy of the Tell is of 300 meters by 600, it testifies a continuous human presence from about 2300 BC until the sixteenth century of our era. Nearly a quarter of the site has already been excavated, which revealed the structures of different types: residential, public, commercial, religious and military. They testify to the importance of the site, a trading port, over the centuries. At the top of the 12m high mound there is the impressive Portuguese fort, which gave its name to the entire site (Qal’at high). The site was the ancient capital of Dilmun, one of the most important ancient civilizations of the region. It contains the richest remains inventoried of this civilization, which was hitherto only known from written Sumerian references.

Abou Mena (1979)

Christian holy city, Abu Mena, built over the tomb of the martyr Menas of Alexandria, who died in 296, has preserved his church, the baptistery, basilicas, public buildings, streets, monasteries, houses and workshops.

Islamic Cairo (1979)

Contained in the modern urban area of Cairo lays one of the oldest Islamic cities in the world, with its famous mosques, madrasas, baths and fountains. Founded in the tenth century, Islamic Cairo became the center of the Islamic world and reached its golden age in the fourteenth century.

Memphis and its Necropolis - the areas of the pyramids of Giza to Dahshur (1979)

Around the capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary their rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. The site was considered in antiquity as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Phyla

This area is dotted with archaeological monuments admirable, as the temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Phyla, which were saved during the construction of the Aswan High Dam through an international campaign launched by the UNESCO in 1960 to 1980.

Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Capital of Middle and New Egyptian Kingdoms, Thebes was the city of the god Amon. With temples and palaces at Karnack and Luxor, with the necropolis of the Valley of the Kings and Valley of Queens, she delivers a captivating account of the Egyptian civilization at its apogee.

Saint Catherine Area (2002)

The Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine is located at the foot of Mount Horeb where, in the Old Testament, Moses received the Tablets of the Law. The mountain is known and revered by Muslims as Jebel Musa. The entire area is sacred to three major religions in the world: Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The monastery, founded in the sixth century, is the oldest Christian monastery retained its original function. Its walls and buildings are very important for the study of Byzantine architecture. The Monastery houses outstanding collections of early Christian manuscripts and icons. The wild and mountainous landscape that surrounds it includes numerous archaeological sites and monuments and religious groups and forms a perfect around the monastery.

Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (2005)

Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale Valley, in the Western Desert of Egypt, contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales archaeoceti. These fossils represent one of the major stories of evolution: the emergence of the whale as a marine mammal after the mammal on earth. It is the largest site in the world attest to this stage of evolution. It shows very clearly the appearance and life of these whales during their transition. The number, concentration and quality of such fossils here is unique, as is their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected. The fossils of Al-Hitan show the youngest archaeocetes, in the last stages of losing their hind limbs. They already display the typical streamlined body form of modern whales, whilst retaining certain primitive aspects of skull and teeth. Other fossil material in the site makes it possible to reconstruct the environmental and ecological conditions of that time.

Hatra (1985)

A large fortified city under the influence of the Parathion Empire and capital of the first Arab Kingdom, Hatra withstood the Romans in 116 and 198 thanks to its thick walls reinforced by towers. The remains of the city, especially the temples where Hellenistic and Roman architecture blend with decor elements of Eastern origin, attest to the greatness of its civilization.

Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) (2003)

The ancient city of Ashur is located on the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia, in a specific geo-ecological zone, the boundary between agriculture with irrigation system that does not have. The city was born in the Third Millennium BC From the fourteenth to the ninth century BC, as the first capital of the Assyrian Empire; it was a city-state and a crossroads of international trade. It was also the religious capital of Assyrians, associated with the god Ashur. The city was destroyed by the Babylonians, but revived his ashes to the Parathion era, the first and second centuries.
Inscription of properties on the List of World Heritage in Danger: 2003

Archaeological Site of Cyrene (1982)

Colony of the Greeks of Thera, Cyrene was one of the principal cities of the Hellenic world. Romanized, it remained a great capital until the earthquake of 365. A thousand years of history is written in its ruins, famous since the eighteenth century.

Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna (1982)

Enlarged and embellished by Septimius Severus, a native of these parts became emperor, Leptis Magna was one of the most beautiful cities of the Roman Empire, with its great public monuments, its harbour, its market, warehouses, workshops and neighbourhoods housing.

Archaeological Site of Sabratha (1982)

A Phoenician draining the products of interior Africa, Sabratha was part of the ephemeral Numidian kingdom of Massinissa before being Romanized and rebuilt in the second and third centuries.

Hatra (1985)

A large fortified city under the influence of the Parathion Empire and capital of the first Arab Kingdom, Hatra withstood the Romans in 116 and 198 thanks to its thick walls reinforced by towers. The remains of the city, especially the temples where Hellenistic and Roman architecture blend with decor elements of Eastern origin, attest to the greatness of its civilization.

Sites Tadrart Acacus rock (1985)

The border of Algerian Tassili n'Ajjer, also a World Heritage site, the rock is rich in thousands of rock paintings in very different styles in which the oldest dates back to 12 000 years BC. AD, the latest can be dated from the first century of the Christian era. These paintings reflect the changes of fauna and flora, and the various lifestyles of people who have succeeded in this part of the Sahara.

Old Town of Ghadames (1986)

Built in an oasis, Ghadames, the pearl of the desert ", is one of the oldest cities and an outstanding example of traditional habitat. Its domestic architecture is characterized by the different functions assigned to each level: ground floor serving as a reserve provisions, floor overlooking family covered blind passages that allow almost underground movement in the city and terraces open to women.

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