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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. ‘City of Dead’ is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in which country? Notes: City Of Dead is a 7 km-long UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Egypt. It is a series of vast Islamic-era necropolises and cemeteries in Cairo.

Detailed explanation-2: -Egypt has a total of 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The majority of these are of cultural significance, except for one has made the list thanks to its importance in natural history. Three of the sites date back to the Old Kingdom of Egypt from 2575 BC to 2150 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -The City of the Dead, or Cairo Necropolis, also referred to as the Qarafa (Arabic: , romanized: al-Qarafa; locally pronounced as al-’arafa), is a series of vast Islamic-era necropolises and cemeteries in Cairo, Egypt.

Detailed explanation-4: -Malta’s capital Valletta is a fortified city located on a hilly peninsula between two of the finest natural harbours in the Mediterranean. The Siege of Malta in 1565 captured the European imagination and mobilised the resources needed to create the new city of Valletta, founded soon after, in 1566.