Monday, August 18, 2014

The Silk Road joins the UNESCO World Heritage List


The Silk Road is now on the UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE List!!!

I first spotted this item of news on the Silk Road Encyclopedia.

 http://silkroadencyclopedia.com/






Below are links to the details.

The most important part being that the date of acceptance onto the list was June 25, 2014.


Silk Roads - The Chinese Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1442

Silk Route added to UNESCO World Heritage list - June 25, 2014

http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1162