Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why were they in similar boxes?

Mummified ‘golden boy’ found covered in 49 precious amulets
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/golden-boy-amulets-egypt-mummified-remains-scn/index.html

I think it's mysterious that Egypt and Japan had the custom to put a body who passed away into the box decorated with painting looks like human, though the former one was for the highest social status and the latter one was for monk.
What is the common sense both of them had?