Seven World Heritage properties in Mongolia, from the Orkhon Valley to the cemetery complexes of the Xiongnu nobility
Background
UNESCO lists seven World Heritage properties in Mongolia, five cultural and two natural.
The cultural properties are the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape, the Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai, the Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape, the Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age Sites, and the Cemetery Complexes of the Xiongnu Nobility.
The two natural properties are the Uvs Nuur Basin and the Landscapes of Dauria.
The Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape, inscribed in 2004, covers the grasslands along the Orkhon river that held successive nomadic capitals.
The Uvs Nuur Basin, inscribed in 2003, and the Landscapes of Dauria, inscribed in 2017, are both shared with the Russian Federation.
Mongolia accepted the World Heritage Convention on 2 February 1990.
In plain words
Petroglyph Petroglyph — An image carved or pecked into rock, often prehistoric.
Xiongnu Xiongnu — A nomadic confederation that dominated the Mongolian steppe in antiquity.
Deer stone Deer stone — A Bronze Age standing stone carved with deer and other motifs, found across Mongolia.