Thanks to careful excavation methods and various new archaeological technologies, the team was able to show that the tombs were built in several construction phases and over a relatively long period of time.
This looks like a very thorough excavation.
Yes, I can read, but that still doesn’t address the human sacrifice issue. They could have started construction at her birth, stopped and started at various times during her life. Then on her death they could have killed all her slaves and courtiers and entombed them. The author didn’t disprove that possibility. They didn’t define what a “relatively long” construction time was. I don’t care if they did or did not perform ritual executions. I’m complaining about the lack of logic in their interpretation. Are they eager to dispel the idea of human sacrifice? If so, why?