In the 19th century of the Common Era the civilized world was about 2,500 years old. Cracking the codes of the forgotten cuneiform and hieroglyph scripts added another 3,500+ years or so…

Part two: "lost & Found" How we have come to know what we know about ancient Near East, starting with cracking the code of cuneiform script and the languages using it to write all sorts of things; the religious implications and the unintended political fallout