Some people actually think this way. I once worked with someone in an important position in a major media organization who believed nothing was recorded before

Some people actually think this way. I once worked with someone in an important position in a major media organization who believed nothing was recorded before the printing press, and was quite vocal about it. He quite strongly believed that everything else was made up. I always wanted to ask him what he thought about Egyptian hieroglyphs, but he was too far above my pay grade to approach or challenge.