Dodo’s were a small population found only on a 1 single tropical island where its too hot for corpses to be preserved

mammoths were widespread and their habitat was mostly cold frozen tundra for most of the year

perfect for preserving remains

They had these at a place i used to work

they would sit in the funniest positions waiting for the sun to come up

like little buddhas

grave robbers is rich.

Pharaohs ransacked their own ancestors graves and placed the loot inside their own tombs.

even the priests would come back and take some bits, by the time the real bandits got to the tomb, most of it was already gone

then the romans came and took what they could find

thats just how long these tombs have been hidden