The United Nations cultural organization UNESCO on Saturday added the ancient city of Hegmataneh (Ecbatana) to its World Heritage List. The designation makes Hegmataneh the 28th Iranian location to receive the prestigious label.

The archaeological remains of ancient Hegmataneh are located in northwestern Iran. Continuously inhabited for nearly three millennia, Hegmataneh provides important and rare evidence of the Medes civilization in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE and later served as a summer capital of Achaemenid, Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian rulers.

Hegmataneh is celebrated as the site where the Median Dynasty was established and would later serve as the capital for the Median Empire. Some historians believe Kurds are descended from the Medes.

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https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1716