[IronJack]

"This tomb tells us that women were extremely powerful," ... "When there were political disagreements, women were killed."

Um, pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't their NOT being killed mean they were more powerful? It seems to me that power resides in the sacrificER, not the sacrificEE.

[GVnana]

Killing off the family of your rivals is as old as human history. Anyone who might hold the loyalty of subjects is a potential threat. Ask the English.

The women may have been of a royal class, and so, they got the best treatment. Anne Boleyn's executioner was imported from France.