UNESCO adds Turkey’s 8,000-year-old mound to its World Heritage List
Published 28 Jul,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - A rich, 30-meter-high archaeological mound in southeastern Turkey dating back some 8,000 years has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has said.
The decision to add the Arslantepe Mound was taken during the Extended 44th UNESCO World Heritage Committee online session in Fuzhou, China, said a ministry statement.
Arslantepe, “Lion Hill” in English, has been on the UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List since 2014, the statement reiterated, calling it one of Turkey’s earliest religious and civil sites.
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