The British were at times destructive, for sure, Civ. When they found the upper relieving chambers in the Great Pyramid they wrote graffiti on the walls to commemorate themselves.
They added to it anyway. :’) There’s an ancient painted graffito in one of those relieving chambers (come to think of it, we’re probably lucky no one relieved themselves in those) — “how mighty is the great white crown of Khufu (work) gang”.