See how nice this looks:
https://sketchfab.com/models/9a4f5906879449c4b6d845d9bb04c9e7#
Compared to this:
https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/File:Asad_Al-Lat.stl#/media/File:Asad_Al-Lat.stl
It clearly makes the object more "legible", and thus more useful from an encyclopedic perspective.