The vote, at a UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, made the ancient Mesopotamian city on the Euphrates River the sixth world heritage site within the borders of a country known as a cradle of civilisation. General view of the ancient city of Babylon near Hilla, Iraq Jul 5, 2019. General view of the ancient city of Babylon near Hilla, Iraq Jul 5, 2019. Unlike three other World Heritage sites in Iraq, UNESCO did not designate Babylon as one in "in danger" after objections from the Iraqi delegation. The other five World Heritage Sites are the southern marshlands, Hatra, Samarra, Ashur and the citadel in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region.

Source: bd News24 July 05, 2019 21:00 UTC