Took around 3,000 years to find the great Hittite empire. Wonder what other histories are buried....never to be found.
Over 90% of our knowledge of ancient history was lost when the Library of Alexandria was burnt to the ground by Muslims. It’s not known exactly how much, of course, because it was all lost. Only a fraction survived because copies were made. Since then, we’re like a person with amnesia, or Johnny Mnemonic.