Nine cultural sites added to World Heritage List

The Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is the latest World Heritage Site. Huo Yan / China Daily

The World Heritage Committee added nine new cultural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List on Friday.

Newly put on the heritage list are Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (China); Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (India); the Persian Qanat (Iran); Nan Madol: Ceremonial Center of Eastern Micronesia (Micronesia); Stecci - Medieval Tombstones Graveyards (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia); Archaeological Site of Philippi (Greece); Antequera Dolmens Site (Spain); Archaeological Site of Ani (Turkey); and Gorham's Cave Complex (Britain).