People have superstitions....the only question is whether we should be required to be tolerant and honor their superstitions, or should be allowed to pursue science when no direct ownership or ancestor of the body or grave contents can be determined.

Like many other questions of religion & ethics, it ain't gonna be answered easily. Since I am not going to BE buried, and will have no 'artifacts' associated with me, I tend towards science...but I do have 'just' enough sympathy for those who associate mummies/bodies/remains with their ancestors souls, that I can't easily answer the question.

I 'think' it is silly to NOT learn all we can from remnants of the past, and I wish we could get people to give up their idea that those remains 'want' to remain undisturbed...but emotional baggage gets tight holds on us, and I hate to see people unhappy. (I do note that in the past, many graves were robbed as soon as someone could get there, even though the robbers supposedly had the same beliefs as those whose graves they robbed....makes you think)