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  2. List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world by year of inscription, selected during the annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee. [1] [2] The first World Heritage Site in the list is the Galápagos Islands. [3]

  3. Byblos - Wikipedia

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    Urbanisation is thought to have begun during the third millennium BC and it developed into a city [3] [2] making it one of the oldest cities in the world, if not the oldest. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [4] It was in Ancient Byblos that the Phoenician alphabet, likely the ancestor of the Greek, Latin and all other Western alphabets, was ...

  4. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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    Oldest city in the Canadian Prairies. Charlotte: Province of North Carolina United States: 1768 AD Area said to have been pre-colonially settled by the Catawba tribe with records dating back to 1567. San Diego: New Spain United States: 1769 AD Birthplace of California and oldest city on the West Coast of the United States. Toronto: Upper Canada ...

  5. 25 of the Oldest Cities in the World

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    Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico. 1144 A.D. One of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States, Acoma Pueblo rests on a 365-foot mesa about 60 miles west of Albuquerque.

  6. Old city of Damascus - Wikipedia

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    The old city of Damascus (Arabic: دِمَشْق ٱلْقَدِيمَة, romanized: Dimašq al-Qadīmah) is the historic city centre of Damascus, Syria. The old city, which is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, [1] contains numerous archaeological sites, including some historical churches and mosques. Many cultures ...

  7. Tell es-Sultan - Wikipedia

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    Tell es-Sultan (Arabic: تل السلطان, lit. Sultan's Hill), also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world.

  8. Pavlopetri - Wikipedia

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    The submerged city of Pavlopetri (Greek: Παυλοπέτρι) is found in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece. It is about 5,000 years old, making it the oldest submerged city known in the world. [citation needed] Pavlopetri is unique in having an almost complete town plan, including streets, buildings, and tombs.

  9. Old City of Sanaa - Wikipedia

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    The Old City of Sanaʽa [a] [b] is a recognised UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Amanat Al Asimah Governorate, Yemen. [1] As of 2003, the district had a population of 63,398 inhabitants. [ 2 ] The old fortified city has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years and contains many intact architectural sites.