Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

The property consists of 17 archaeological sites in the southern part of Hokkaido Island and northern Tohoku in geographical settings ranging from mountains and hills to plains and lowlands, from inland bays to lakes, and rivers. 

They bear a unique testimony to the development over some 10,000 years of the pre-agricultural yet sedentary Jomon culture and its complex spiritual belief system and rituals. 

It attests to the emergence, development, maturity and adaptability to environmental changes of a sedentary hunter-fisher-gatherer society which developed from about 13,000 BCE. 

Expressions of Jomon spirituality were given tangible form in objects such as lacquered pots, clay tablets with the impression of feet, the famous goggle eyed dogu figurines, as well as in ritual places including earthworks and large stone circles reaching diameters of more than 50 metres. 

The serial property testifies to the rare and very early development of pre-agricultural sedentism from emergence to maturity.

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York or Large White

Large White is a breed of pig that originates from Yorkshire, England. 

The breed is widely used in modern, intensive pig farming due to its high fertility and good mothering qualities. 

The pig is completely white, with upright ears.

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Ivindo National Park - Gabon

Situated on the equator in northern Gabon the largely pristine site encompasses an area of almost 300,000 ha crossed by a network of picturesque blackwater rivers. 

It features rapids and waterfalls bordered by intact rainforest, which make for a landscape of great aesthetic value. 

The site’s aquatic habitats harbour endemic freshwater fish species, 13 of which are threatened, and at least seven species of Podostemaceae riverweeds, with probable micro-endemic aquatic flora at each waterfall. 

Many fish species in the property are yet to be described and parts of the site have hardly been investigated. 

Critically Endangered Slender-snouted Crocodiles (Mecistops cataphractus) find shelter in Ivindo National Park which also boasts biogeographically unique Caesalpinioideae old-growth forests of high conservation value, supporting, for instance, a very high diversity of butterflies alongside threatened flagship mammals and avian fauna such as the Critically Endangered Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), the Endangered Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) as well as the Vulnerable Grey-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes oreas), Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), Leopard (Panthera pardus), and African Golden Cat (Caracal aurata), and three species of Pangolin (Manidae spp.).

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Tekirdağ

Tekirdağ is a province in Turkey. 

The province is 6345 km² in size and has 623,591 inhabitants. 

The capital is the eponymous Tekirdağ.

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Ḥimā Cultural Area - Saudi Arabia

Located in an arid, mountainous area of southwest Saudi Arabia, on one of the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient caravan routes, Ḥimā Cultural Area contains a substantial collection of rock art images depicting hunting, fauna, flora and lifestyles in a cultural continuity of 7,000 years. 

Travellers and armies camping on the site left a wealth of rock inscriptions and petroglyphs through the ages and until the late 20th century, most of which are preserved in pristine condition. 

Inscriptions are in different scripts, including Musnad, South-Arabian, Thamudic, Greek and Arabic. 

The property and its buffer zone are also rich in unexcavated archaeological resources in the form of cairns, stone structures, interments, stone tool scatters and ancient wells. 

This location is at the oldest known toll station on an important ancient desert caravan route, where the wells of Bi’r Ḥimā date back at least 3,000 years and still produce fresh water.

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Atocha Station - Spain

Atocha Station (Spanish: Estación de Atocha) is the largest railway station in the Spanish capital Madrid. 

The station is located in front of the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V and the Paseo de la Infanta Isabel in the Arganzuela district and is owned by railway manager Adif.

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Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats - Korea

Situated in the eastern Yellow Sea on the southwestern and southern coast of the Republic of Korea, the site comprises four component parts: Seocheon Getbol, Gochang Getbol, Shinan Getbol and Boseong-Suncheon Getbol. 

The site exhibits a complex combination of geological, oceanographic and climatologic conditions that have led to the development of coastal diverse sedimentary systems. 

Each component represents one of four tidal flat subtypes (estuarine type, open embayed type, archipelago type and semi-enclosed type). 

The site hosts high levels of biodiversity, with reports of 2,150 species of flora and fauna, including 22 globally threatened or near-threatened species. 

It is home to 47 endemic and five endangered marine invertebrate species besides a total of 118 migratory bird species for which the site provides critical habitats. 

Endemic fauna includes Mud Octopuses (Octopus minor) and deposit feeders like Japanese Mud Crabs (Macrophthalmus japonica), Fiddler Crabs (Uca lactea), and Polychaetes (bristle worms), Stimpson’s Ghost Crabs (Ocypode stimpsoni), Yellow Sea Sand Snails (Umbonium thomasi), as well as various suspension feeders like clams. 

The site demonstrates the link between geodiversity and biodiversity, and demonstrates the dependence of cultural diversity and human activity on the natural environment.

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Schwyz

Schwyz is a canton in central Switzerland. 

The canton of Schwyz is largely Roman Catholic, with the Benedictine monastery of Einsiedeln as its center.

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Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment)

It covers almost 600km of the whole Roman Empire’s Danube frontier. 

The property formed part of the much large frontier of the Roman Empire that encircled the Mediterranean Sea. 

The Danube Limes (Western Segment) reflects the specificities of this part of the Roman Frontier through the selection of sites that represent key elements from roads, legionary fortresses and their associated settlements to small forts and temporary camps, and the way these structures relate to local topography.

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William Tell

A Swiss legend about William Tell's apple. 

In 1307, the legendary Swiss crossbowman William Tell refused to salute the hat that governor Gessler had placed on a pole in the village square, as a symbol of the ruling Austria. 

Gessler then ordered him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his bow. 

He succeeded. 

However, when Tell was asked what the purpose of his second arrow was, he replied that it was meant for the governor if it hit his son. 

He was then captured. While Tell was being taken to prison in a boat across Lake Lucerne, a storm broke out and he managed to escape. 

William Tell quickly returned to Küssnacht and shot the governor dead with his crossbow.

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