Ancient Ferrous Metallurgy Sites of Burkina Faso

This property is composed of five elements located in different provinces of the country. 

It includes about fifteen standing, natural-draught furnaces, several other furnace structures, mines and traces of dwellings. 

Douroula, which dates back to the 8th century BCE, is the oldest evidence of the development of iron production found in Burkina Faso. 

The other components of the property – Tiwêga, Yamané, Kindibo and Békuy – illustrate the intensification of iron production during the second millennium CE. 

Even though iron ore reduction –obtaining iron from ore – is no longer practiced today, village blacksmiths still play a major role in supplying tools, while taking part in various rituals.

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Magallanes

Magallanes is a province of Chile in the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena region. 

The capital is Punta Arenas.

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Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai - India

Having become a global trading centre, the city of Mumbai implemented an ambitious urban planning project in the second half of the 19th century. 

It led to the construction of ensembles of public buildings bordering the Oval Maidan open space, first in the Victorian Neo-Gothic style and then, in the early 20th century, in the Art Deco idiom. 

The Victorian ensemble includes Indian elements suited to the climate, including balconies and verandas. 

The Art Deco edifices, with their cinemas and residential buildings, blend Indian design with Art Deco imagery, creating a unique style that has been described as Indo-Deco. 

These two ensembles bear testimony to the phases of modernization that Mumbai has undergone in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Sphynx

The Sphynx or Sphinx is a hairless cat breed, named after the mythical creature of the same name. 

This breed originated in Canada through targeted breeding with naturally mutated hairless cats. 

These cats are born almost entirely without fur, usually including the absence of whiskers and whiskers.

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Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site - Kenya

Situated north-west of the town of Migori, in the Lake Victoria region, this dry-stone walled settlement was probably built in the 16th century CE. 

The Ohinga (i.e. settlement) seems to have served as a fort for communities and livestock, but also defined social entities and relationships linked to lineage. 

Thimlich Ohinga is the largest and best preserved of these traditional enclosures. 

It is an exceptional example of the tradition of massive dry-stone walled enclosures, typical of the first pastoral communities in the Lake Victoria Basin, which persisted from the 16th to the mid-20th century.

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Bran Castle

Bran Castle is a fairytale castle near the Romanian city of Bran, in the Southern Carpathians. 

The first construction of the castle dates back to the fourteenth century.

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Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica - Mexico

Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, part of the Mesoamerican region, is the arid or semi-arid zone with the richest biodiversity in all of North America. Consisting of three components, Zapotitlán-Cuicatlán, San Juan Raya and Purrón, it is one of the main centres of diversification for the cacti family, which is critically endangered worldwide. 

The valley harbours the densest forests of columnar cacti in the world, shaping a unique landscape that also includes agaves, yuccas and oaks. 

Archaeological remains demonstrate technological developments and the early domestication of crops. 

The valley presents an exceptional water management system of canals, wells, aqueducts and dams, the oldest in the continent, which has allowed for the emergence of agricultural settlements.

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