India and China have more sites recognized as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO

The Charaideo Moidam burial mound and mausoleum in northeastern India and five new migratory bird sanctuaries in China have been inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on July 26 that it has included the Charaideo Moida m Tomb and Mound Complex in northeastern India on the World Heritage List.

Charaideo Moidam burial mound and mausoleum in northeastern India has been listed as a World Heritage Site. (Source: AP).

The decision was announced at the 46th session of UNESCO held in the Indian capital New Delhi.

The Charaideo Moidams Mound and Tomb in Assam are the resting places of the kings and queens of the Ahom dynasty. The mound tombs are built of earth, stone and bricks with a sunken structure at the bottom and an earthen roof on top.

The nominated site consists of 90 burial mounds of various sizes, built over a period of about 600 years, bearing many cultural features of ancient rituals.

The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the advisory committee of the World Heritage Committee, considers the mound to be an exceptional example of a typical Ahom cemetery .

This is a clan that migrated from China to India and lived in the Brahmaputra river valley from the 12th to the 18th century.

UNESCO experts assess that the architecture and skills of the builders of this burial mound can be compared to the tombs of Chinese dynasties and the pyramids in Egypt.

The World Heritage Committee has added five new migratory bird sanctuaries in China to the UNESCO World Heritage List. (Source: Xinhua)

Also at this session, the World Heritage Committee added five new migratory bird sanctuaries in China to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

These are extensions of the chain of sites of the same name that were listed as World Heritage Sites since 2019.

Located within the world's largest intertidal wetland area , the Yellow Sea Ecosystem provides important habitat for migratory birds along its route through some 25 countries from the Arctic to Southeast Asia and Australia.

UNESCO says wetlands have unique ecological functions, serving as essential resting places for millions of aquatic birds.