They lose some of their magic and things relating to the mysteries lose their significance.
Stonehenge wouldn't be the same if they discovered it was meant to be the house of some clan chief and had nothing to do with druids or paganism.
Would Easter Island hold the same appeal if we knew for sure who built the Moai statues and why?
How about the Sphinx of Giza?
Finding out that Jack The Ripper, whos notoriety stems from having never been caught despite the calibre of his crimes, was probably some Polish-Jew hairdresser who died in a mental asylum sort of casts a lackluster sheen over the myth, dont' you think?
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