New entries in 1979

  1. Madara Rider Bulgaria
  2. Thracian tomb of Kazanlak Bulgaria
  3. Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo Bulgaria
  4. Boyana Church Bulgaria
  5. Dinosaur Provincial Park Canada
  6. Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek Canada USA
  7. Virunga National Park Congo (Democratic Republic)
  8. Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia
  9. Old City of Dubrovnik Croatia
  10. Historic Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian Croatia
  11. Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur Egypt
  12. Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Egypt
  13. Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae Egypt
  14. Historic Cairo Egypt
  15. Abu Mena Egypt
  16. Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region Ethiopia
  17. Palace and Park of Versailles France
  18. Vézelay, Church and Hill France
  19. Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley France
  20. Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay France
  21. Chartres Cathedral France
  22. Natural and cultural heritage of the Ohrid Region FYR of Macedonia
  23. Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions Ghana
  24. Tikal National Park Guatemala
  25. Antigua Guatemala Guatemala
  26. Tchogha Zanbil Iran
  27. Persepolis Iran
  28. Meidan Emam, Esfahan Iran
  29. Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Italy
  30. Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor Montenegro
  31. Kathmandu Valley Nepal
  32. Sagarmatha National Park Nepal
  33. Urnes Stave Church Norway
  34. Bryggen Norway
  35. Auschwitz Birkenau - German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) Poland
  36. Stari Ras and Sopocani Serbia
  37. Ancient City of Damascus Syria
  38. Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania
  39. Medina of Tunis Tunisia
  40. Site of Carthage Tunisia
  41. Amphitheater of El Jem Tunisia
  42. Everglades National Park USA
  43. Independence Hall USA
  44. Grand Canyon National Park USA