I was expecting that at the end it would turn out that the records of the lost civilization are full of symbols of a certain religion, let's say the "Om" sign o

I was expecting that at the end it would turn out that the records of the lost civilization are full of symbols of a certain religion, let's say the "Om" sign or whatever, and that the priest would then realize: "Oh shit, religion XYZ was right all the time" or something like that. Actually, I like my ending better :) I guess we had to wait till Douglas Adams for such absurdities.