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Abu Mena

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Egypt Type Cultural Criteria (Iv) Number
Identification 90 Region Arab World ** Year Registration 1979 ^(3rdSession ) Risk ranking 2001

* Name UNESCO
** UNESCO Geographical Classification change

Abu Mena Abu Mena or is an ancient city of Egypt built over the tomb of the martyr Menas of Alexandria who died in 296.

It has many buildings including a monastery Christian.

The Christian monastery of Abu Mena

The city is about 45 km southwest of Alexandria.

The ruins were inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in 1979.

Recent work in agricultural sector of the archaeological site have led to a significant elevation of groundwater by collapse or become unstable, a number of buildings.

In 2001 , the site was added to the list of World Heritage in Danger.

World Heritage in Egypt
Cultural	Abu Mena (1979) Historic Cairo (1979) Memphis and its Necropolis - the areas of the pyramids of Giza to Dahshur (1979) Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (1979) ancient Thebes and its Necropolis (1979 ) Saint Catherine Area (2002)
Natural	Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (2005)
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