Same meme held for decades for the Maya. Peace loving worshippers of nature.
Then the linguists deciphered their inscriptions and discovered they were as warlike as any people in history.
Public torture was more or less the national sport. Human sacrifice was common. Etc.
Same for the Anasazi of the American SW, even claiming the cliff dwellings are't defensive in purpose. Then somebody discovered absolute proof of Anasazi cannibalism. Human DNA in a fossilized human turd.
“All Archeologists are of the opinion that all non modern civilizations were peaceful.”
Perfect example: Stonehenge. Lol.
Dang. I loved the idea of friendly, bare-breasted Goddess worshipers frolicking at Knossos.
Then somebody discovered absolute proof of Anasazi cannibalism. Human DNA in a fossilized human turd.
If I remember my biology correctly, from 3 decades ago, about half of human feces is cast off intestinal villus cells.
Of course there's human DNA in human turds.