The UN’s cultural organisation UNESCO has been adding more sites to its World Heritage List in recognition of their outstanding value to humanity.<br /><br />Meeting in Krakow, Poland, it has granted the accolade to Eritrea’s capital Asmara, boasting one of the world’s finest collections of early 20th century architecture, leftover from Italian colonial rule.<br /><br />Like Eritrea, Angola is recognised for the first time with the remains of the capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo<br /><br />In South Africa, the Khomani Cultural Landscape makes the list, with its large expanse of sand containing evidence of human occupation as far back as the Stone Age.<br /><br />Just inscribed as UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site: ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape (#SouthAfrica) https://t.co/ztbb8RIMiZ #41whc pic.twitter.com/j2UXQEZiz8— UNESCO (UNESCO) 8 juillet 2017<br /><br />In Cambodia, there is recognition for the Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, an archaelogical site was the centre of an empire that flourished in the late 6th and early 7th centuries.<br /><br />Also making the list is the tiny Chinese island of Kulangsu. Staring modern life in the face, in the shape of the city of Xiamen, it is a true historical treasure.<br /><br />Just inscribed as UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site: Kulangsu: a historic international settlement #China https://t.co/ztbb8RIMiZ #41whc pic.twitter.com/iDQE5bUeUp— UNESCO (UNESCO) 8 juillet 2017<br /><br />And India is not forgotten, with the historic City of Ahmadabad named a World Heritage Site.<br />
