UNESCO has added over 40 new World Heritage Sites to its list of protected areas and buildings, ranging from the natural wonders of forests and mountains to the culturally significant monuments and memorials of human history…

…Pictured above, the Gaya Tumuli are burial mounds built by the Gaya, an ancient confederacy in the south of the Korean Peninsula. The confederacy existed from the 1st to 6th century and, through changes in their distribution and goods found within, the mounds are thought to provide clues about Gaya society….

https://www.iflscience.com/chinas-old-tea-forests-gaya-tumuli-burial-mounds-among-newest-unesco-heritage-sites-70824

"So much of our future lies in preserving our past"

Looking up the phrase I find it is attributed to Peter Westbrook. The only person of that name who has shown up on my brief (tempus fugit!) interweb search is a ground breaking Olympic Fencer and I do not know if it was he who said this.

The sentiment, however, is irrefutable