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French Polynesia's Marquesas islands are now part of UNESCO's World Heritage list. The UN endorsement came as a result of the meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee 46th session in New Delhi, India, on Friday. The classification of "Te Henua Enata" - The Marquesas Islands, "land of men" - is based on both cultural and natural values, the UN organisation said, on the grounds of being "an exceptional testimony to the territorial occupation of the Marquesas archipelago by a human civilisation that arrived by sea around the year 1000 CE, and developed on these isolated islands between the 10th and the 19th centuries".
Original Article: French Polynesia’s Marquesas islands join UNESCO’s World Heritage list
