1.   The decision began a landslide of official reluctance to fully support the royal burial.

2.   The elaborate construction of the tomb, cut into bedrock, as well as the vulture pendant persuaded Hammond that this was a royal burial.

3.   Unlike the others, it was buried with arms folded across the chest, a position that Egyptologists say was reserved for royal burials.

4.   The Bourbon family is already demanding a royal burial.

5.   The government decision to allow a public funeral be an indication that a royal burial for the murdered emperor himself may take place later this year.