Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of Unesco, examines a scale model of the historic zone around the town of Al-Dir'iyya, near Riyadh. A Unesco team has been in the Kingdom for the last two days to look at sites penciled in for inclusion in the list of World Heritage Sites and other historical features in Saudi Arabia. The delegation has looked at the proposed heritage sites of the Turaif Quarter in Al-Dir'iyya near Riyadh and the historical area of Jeddah, and is scheduled to visit the Al-Hijr archeological site in Mada'en Saleh. The latter was included in the list in 2008, while the former two have been on the “Tentative List” since 2006.
