On the other hand, there's this deal involving the cocaine delivered to the Egyptians in the 1800 BC period. That's during or just before another enigmatic "Dark Age".
The 1300s seem to be a major focus for most everything involving the Mississippi Valley. The Great Mound at Cahokia was started then ~ and there's some sort of stone or stellae at the bottom smack dead center.
Lots of people want to dig down to it to see if it's got something to read ~ like Huang Chi Lu Was Here.
I cannot imagine why more attention isn’t paid to the whole Egyptian coke deal. Like it’s a conspiracy of silence.