World Heritage archaeological sites in Arab States

37 of the 174 archaeological sites on the List are in Arab States.

Cultural 36Mixed 1

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Abu Mena	Egypt	1979	Cultural	iv
Al Maghtas	Jordan	2015	Cultural	iii vi
Archaeological Site of Sabratha in danger	Libya	1982	Cultural	iii
Assur in danger	Iraq	2003	Cultural	iii iv
Baalbek	Lebanon	1984	Cultural	i iv
Babylon	Iraq	2019	Cultural	iii vi
Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn archaeological sites	Oman	1988	Cultural	iii iv
Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions	Saudi Arabia	2021	Cultural	iii
Byblos	Lebanon Lebanon	1984	Cultural	iii iv vi
Cyrene in danger	Libya	1982	Cultural	ii iii vi
Dead Cities in danger	Syria	2011	Cultural	iii iv v
Djemila	Algeria	1982	Cultural	iii iv
Hatra	Iraq	1985	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Hegra	Saudi Arabia	2008	Cultural	ii iii
Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni	Malta	1980	Cultural	iii
Jabal Al Fayah	United Arab Emirates	2025	Cultural	iii iv
Leptis Magna in danger	Libya	1982	Cultural	i ii iii
M'zab	Algeria	1982	Cultural	ii iii v
Megalithic Temples of Malta	Malta	1980	Cultural	iv
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae	Egypt	1979	Cultural	i iii vi
Palmyra in danger	Syria	1980	Cultural	i ii iv
Petra	Jordan	1985	Cultural	i iii iv
Qal'at Bani Hammad	Algeria	1980	Cultural	iii
Qal’at al Bahrain	Bahrain	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv
Qaryat al-Faw	Saudi Arabia	2024	Cultural	ii v
Rock Art in the Hail Region of Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	2015	Cultural	i iii
Salt	Jordan	2021	Cultural	ii iii
Samarra in danger	Iraq	2007	Cultural	ii iii iv
Tadrart Acacus in danger	Libya	1985	Cultural	iii
Tassili n'Ajjer	Algeria	1982	Mixed	i iii vii viii
Tell Umm el-'Amr in danger	Palestine	2024	Cultural	ii iii vi
Timgad	Algeria	1982	Cultural	ii iii iv
Tipasa	Algeria France	1982	Cultural	iii iv
Tyre in danger	Lebanon	1984	Cultural	iii vi
Umm ar-Rasas	Jordan	2004	Cultural	i iv vi
Volubilis	Morocco	1997	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Zubarah	Qatar	2013	Cultural	iii iv v

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