I’m pretty certain we would all be shocked if we could see all the ancient books ,tools, and everyday things.
Nothing like a few million barbarian looters to ruin a civilization.
The ones who did the most damage were the Muslims.
Ancient culture was making a comeback in the 7th century when the Muslim barbarians destroyed most of Mediterranean agriculture, stopped the trade in papyrus, thereby gradually eliminating literacy and most written records, and turned the Mediterranean into a lake of pirates.
Many prosperous cities, mentioned in the Bible, were depopulated and turned into small villages by the effects of the Muslim conquest.
Like Antifa, BLM and DACAs.......................