If I dig up a corpse or a tomb I'm thrown in jail. If some a-hole archeologist does it, they're regarded as great scientists. Who the hell wrote the law saying it was ok to dig up or disturb anyone's grave????? By what right do these sanctimonius a-holes conduct this barbaric and totally NON-essential criminal activity. It is morally reprehensible!
They embalmed these royals that they might have everlasting life, yadda.
Maybe they were envisioning just this kind of thing....the art, bodies, and stories upon the walls are to be preserved and recorded in a far-off modern age for *all time*....sort of like a time-capsule on steroids.
Kind of like the theory that, without historical timing, to wit, the Roman Empire, Jesus' legacy and teachings would have been forgotten. But for these burials, who would know of, or ever see, these once-great kings?? Y'know?
Bodies are dug up all the time. Y' gots to have a reasonable reason. And lawful sanction.