"UNESCO's newest World Heritage sites"
Quoting from the site CNN Posted by:Dr Ahmed.M.Shaban (CNN) -- Did your last vacation include a visit to a masterpiece of human creative genius? Or to an area of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance? If so, you may have visited a spot on the UNESCO World Heritage List, perhaps the most prestigious preservation list in the world. The newest sites include Saudi Arabia's Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah; the Erbil Citadel, a fortified settlement in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq; Japan's Tomioka Silk Mill; the Van Nellefabriek (Van Nelle Factory) in the Netherlands; an initial section of the Silk Roads known as the Routes Network of Tian-Shan Corridor (crossing through Kyrgyzstan, China and Kazakhstan); and the ancient West Bank village of Battir. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee is naming cultural and natural treasures to the organization's prestigious World Heritage List during its meetings through June 25 in Qatar...