In a docu that I watched in which the ethics of displaying mummified remains, a talking head (likely an Egyptologist or anthropologist, I don’t recall) made the

In a docu that I watched in which the ethics of displaying mummified remains, a talking head (likely an Egyptologist or anthropologist, I don’t recall) made the argument that these rulers wanted to be remembered for all time, thus this was a form of granting that. I’m not particularly persuaded, but it’s an interesting concept.