Some things Are Being SAVED. UNESCO has expanded World Heritage Listing 😊

[SorellaLaBefana]

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

The image above is linked directly from the UNESCO site (not the quoted article), which is disappointingly difficult to navigate https://www.unesco.org/en

This was because I only just learned this morning from Smiling Bird how to deal with WEBP images which show as links, not as pix, on DU ( https://www.democraticunderground.com/12673099#post2 ).

"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

[Phoenix61]

1. I love visiting UNESCO sites. nt