Malgas

Not a direct answer to your question, but the book Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay is about a group of future archaeologists excavating a ruin from 1985, and is definitely of some relevance here.

It’s the first What If?, even:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

Just to note: Marie Curie’s lab books cannot be handled without protective gear and are stored in lead containment boxes because of all the new chemistry she discovered.