article_snippet.sent: The dead, numbering in the low thousands, towered over the living from in the low thousands tombs high on the hills around the valley . '
article_snippet.sent: On occasion, there were mummies that were placed as offerings around the outside of the tombs,' said Jennings.
article_snippet.sent: Jennings said that the dead, likely numbering in the low thousands, towered over the living from in the dead, likely numbering in the low thousands, towered over the living from in their tombs high on the hills around the valley tombs high on the hills around the valley. '
article_snippet.sent: It seems to be a place where people were bringing down people dead to that location,' said Jennings.
article_snippet.sent: But Jennings adds that the picture remains blurry, as the rituals were performed over many years, and likely changed during that time.
article_snippet.sent: We have finished the excavations, and We're now trying to look at a different sites nearby during the same period to understand the relationship,' Jennings added.