July
11
/ 2015
The Biblical city of Shushan, now the modern Iranian city of Shush, has been added to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage List along with six other locations, including the troglodyte settlements of Maymand and the Botanical Gardens of Singapore. The Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain sacred landscape in Mongolia has also been added to the list along with vineyards in Burgundy and the village of Hautvilliers where a monk by the name of Dom Perignon invented the fermentation process that made champagne fizzy. As a result of the Burgundy listing, France how has 41 listed World Heritage sites. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"12193","attributes":{"alt":"The remains of a spectacular sculpture in Susa, Iran ","class":"media-image","style":"width: 610px; height: 405px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] The remains of a
