Madar (Algiers) - UNESCO's World Heritage Centre has confirmed that Algeria's nomination of the "Royal Mausoleums of Ancient Algeria" meets all technical requirements and has referred it to the competent advisory bodies for preliminary evaluation, according to a statement by the Algerian Ministry of Culture and Arts carried by the APS news agency on Sunday, 8 November 2026.
The nomination covers royal funerary monuments dating from the 4th century BC to the 6th century AD, which Algeria seeks to have inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
It includes five monuments: the Imedghassen royal mausoleum in Batna province, the royal mausoleum of Massinissa at El Khroub in Constantine province, the royal mausoleum of Siga in Ain Temouchent province, the Abalessa - Tin Hinan funerary monument in the Ahaggar in Tamanrasset province, and the Djedars of Frenda in Tiaret province, the statement said.
The ministry said only 35 of the 60 nomination files submitted were accepted and referred to the advisory bodies for further evaluation, and that the Algerian file meets the requirements of the Operational Guidelines of the 1972 World Heritage Convention.
The statement described the progress as "an encouraging step towards international recognition of the exceptional value of these testimonies" and "a new step in enhancing and protecting Algeria's cultural heritage".
