Gaya Tumuli, Korea's Sixteenth World Heritage Site Registered (Update)

The 'Gaya Tumuli,' a collection of seven Gaya archaeological sites, has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to inscribe the Gaya Tumuli on the World Heritage List at a meeting held on the 17th (local time) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Gaya Tumuli is a serial heritage site that combines seven burial mound clusters that existed in Yeongnam and Honam regions from the 1st to the mid-6th century. It consists of the Jisandong Burial Mounds in Goryeong, Gyeongbuk; Daeseongdong Burial Mounds in Gimhae, Gyeongnam; Maliyasan Burial Mounds in Haman; Gyodong and Songhyeon-dong Burial Mounds in Changnyeong; Songhakdong Burial Mounds in Goseong; Okjeon Burial Mounds in Hapcheon; and Yugok-ri and Durak-ri Burial Mounds in Namwon, Jeonbuk. All of these are nationally designated cultural heritage sites.

With this inscription, the number of World Heritage sites held by Korea has increased to sixteen, including Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple, Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, Jongmyo Shrine (all in 1995), Changdeokgung Palace, Suwon Hwaseong Fortress (both in 1997), Gyeongju Historic Areas, Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (all in 2000), Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (2007), Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (2009), Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong (2010), Namhansanseong Fortress (2014), Baekje Historic Areas (2015), Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (2018), and Korean Seowon (2019).

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