Ancient city of Babylon heads list of new Unesco world heritage sites
UN also names national park in Iceland among sites protected for their value to humanity
by Nicola Davis
Jul 05, 2019
2 minutes
The ancient city of Babylon and an Icelandic national park replete with glaciers, ice caves and volcanoes are among the sites that have been added to Unesco’s world heritage list.
More than 1,000 sites around the world – some cultural, some natural, some both – are protected by listing.
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