00:02Greece's Mount Olympus and France's D-Day beaches were among several sites added to the World Heritage list on Sunday.
00:10The World Heritage inscription of Mount Olympus, the mythical home of the 12 Olympian gods,
00:16rewarded a 12-year effort by Greece to secure recognition for its tallest mountain as a mixed cultural and natural
00:22heritage site.
00:24Rising almost 3,000 meters from a base near sea level, the mountain was believed to be the throne of
00:30Zeus, king of the gods, while also harboring rich biodiversity.
00:35The French designation covers the five Normandy landing beaches, Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold and Juneau,
00:42where more than 150,000 Allied troops came ashore on June 6, 1944, to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation
00:50during World War II.
00:53The sites contain extensive remnants, from German fortifications and bomb-scarled landscapes, to allied harbor structures and sunken vessels.
01:01Also inscribed were Italy's historic theatres of the Marche region, the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara,
01:09and South Sudan's Boma Badengilo migratory landscape, among others.
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