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At an ancient astronomic observatory, two people stand on a rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at sunrise on the day of the summer solstice. The megalithic observatory Kokino, located about 62 miles northeast of Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, dates back 4,000 years and is ranked by NASA as the world's fourth-oldest observatory.
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A man uses a camera on a rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at the megalithic observatory of Kokino, Macedonia, soon after sunrise, early on June 21, 2010 — the day of the summer solstice.
Skopje, 18 March 2011 (MIA) - The World Heritage Center (WHC)has notified the UNESCO National Commission of the Republic of Macedonia that the nomination ofarchaeological-astronomical site Kokino for inclusion in the World Heritage List meets technical requirements and has been forwarded to International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) for further evaluation.
"As you know, according to paragraph 140 of the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention, the Secretariat is asked to check the completeness of the Nominations received and forward to the relevant Advisory Bodies only those nominations that were complete at the deadline of 1 February. The nomination of Archaeo-astronomical Site – Kokino met all the technical requirements outlined in the Operational Guidelines concerning completeness check of nominations to the World Heritage List", says WHC director Francesco Bandarin in the letter addressed to Lidija Topuzovska, secretary-general of the UNESCO National Commission of the Republic of Macedonia.
It adds that a copy of the nomination has been sent to ICOMOS for evaluation, wherefrom the Republic of Macedonia would be contacted separately over the arranging an evaluation mission to the property.