Modern man knows very little about those civilizations, I suspect the only ones that may have any consistency of Truth to who and what these ancient people were about are their immediate decendants, those that stay in tribal societies and/or continue ancient practices passed down through their lineage.
Just imagine if Earth people today went extinct tomorrow. If a humanoid alien race visited the world a few hundred years from now they would hardly recognize or understand anything they found pertaining to us. Our buildings would be crushed under their own weight due to not being maintained. You wouldn't be able to tell what was garbage and what was treasured. Earth would look like a hugh dump site, much different than what we discovered about the civilisations before us.
Some ancient societies still have their buildings standings. I'm almost positive our current society wouldn't be recognize or understood if excavated after thousands of years. We are not as technically advanced, responsible, or commited as our ancestors. In fact, I think in a few thousand more years (if we all died today) the pyramids, tombs, ancient sites of our ancestors will still be recognizable while todays society will not be.
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