After reading that article I found nothing to contradict my current understanding. No, Egyptians were not just preserving bodies for the sake of preserving them. Pharoahs, which were really the main people to be mummified until the practice became more democratized in the new kingdom , were viewed as divine incarnations of different gods. So of course they would be "making the body divine". This is a god you are handling. You are going to use things normally used for offerings. They had temples to worship and present offerings to deceased pharoahs. Also distinct acts of vandalism on mummies in ancient times to deprive their souls of a home along with other Egyptian writings both point to a need for preservation as well as a not in the article itself that's states ancient Egyptians as well as Victoria's believed the body was necessary for the afterlife. Annoyed at how click bate this was for basically no substance.