It looks like the pope has one of those "Mars Attacks" brains under his hat.

No, I think that the few are often as lost in the fake fictional history, as the many.

You do not need to conceal true history, that is probably impossible anyway. True history just gets lost, due to indifference, laziness, collective denial, and incompetence. No need to make a big conspiracy and effort, it will just go anyway.

It appears that religious people are not aware of more ancient similar beliefs upon which their religion is based.