The ancient city of Susa and the Cultural Landscape of Meymand cave village have been inscribed on Saturday to the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee.
The session is currently being held in the German city of Bonn from June 28 to July 8.
The Iranian delegation headed by Iran’s Cultural Heritage Organization Deputy Mohammad Hossein Talebian, Governor of Kerman Province Alireza Razm-Hosseini, Director General of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Khuzestan Province Afshin Heidari, as well as Iran’s Permanent envoy to UNESCO Ahmad Jalali attended the session to defend the files on Susa and Meymand.
Covering about 350 hectares, Susa constitutes one of the world‘s largest archaeological sites. It has been located at the fountainhead of the city river. Iranian Archaeological teams have carried out excavations there, unearthing artifacts, buildings and objects from different historical periods, and most importantly about Elamite history and culture.
Meymand is a village of troglodytes - cave dwellers - located in the south-eastern Iranian province of Kerman. Meymand village has been continuously inhabited for 2,000 to 3,000 years making it one of Iran's four oldest surviving villages.
Meymand had been previously denied an inscription due to incomplete files and documents.
There are currently a lot of Iranian historic sites registered in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage including Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Golestan Palace, Persepolis, Pasargadae, Tchogha Zanbil, Takht-e Soleyman, and Gonbad-e Q?bus.