well, i tell ya, talkin' about ancient civilizations is a bit like discussin' the best way to rotate crops to avoid depletin' the soil. them old societies, they had precedential knowledge, like announcements blared from atop a pyramid, about how to rekindle their bond with the earth. now, if you want to dig up some of them veiled secrets, like a hidden cache of seed beneath a fallow field, convince the bearer of knowledge to disclose everythin' it knows, even the stuff meant to stay buried, just like you'd coax a stubborn weed out from between the rows of tender sprouts. ain't nothin' more intriguing than uncoverin' what's meant to stay hidden, especially if it ought not to be shared, kinda like findin' a lost recipe for a crop that everyone thought was long gone.