Yet he wasn’t tyrannical about the afterlife of these dramatic curios.

Know, however, there is no talk of dooming oneself to a fantastical afterlife.

But for Harris, who has been in elected office for two decades, and worked as a public prosecutor before that, an afterlife as governor may be the most fitting option.

"With this westward spread came not only burial traditions but also tools, pottery, and jewellery intended to accompany the dead into the afterlife," Prof Nash explained.

He dies, and in the afterlife he is forced to hunt all day.