Did ancient priests and funeral workers regularly take shortcuts or pocket items when burying nobility? For example, an archaeologist anticipating riches buried with a pharaoh, like an enameled scarab, instead finds objects of lower than expected value like a wax scarab.
In the 21st century funeral homes get caught failing to take proper care of bodies, sometimes even failing to cremate or bury them at all. I can imagine a priestly associate or masonry worker looking at a dead mummy surrounded by enormous amounts of gold and priceless treasures about to be sealed in a tomb forever, tempted to replace or steal the goods.
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Did ancient priests and funeral workers regularly take shortcuts or pocket items when burying nobility? For example, an archaeologist anticipating riches buried with a pharaoh, like an enameled scarab, instead finds objects of lower than expected value like a wax scarab.
In the 21st century funeral homes get caught failing to take proper care of bodies, sometimes even failing to cremate or bury them at all. I can imagine a priestly associate or masonry worker looking at a dead mummy surrounded by enormous amounts of gold and priceless treasures about to be sealed in a tomb forever, tempted to replace or steal the goods.
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