A 5,000 year old site, so a 3,000 year old civilization is still 2,000 years old. And we still get excited about new Saxon ruins in Europe.
I'm curious if any of the older civs invested time and energy in archeological endeavors, and if they did what kind of methods they used.
There's always more to be said on the topic, but I've written about this in a couple of past posts.