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Given that this family was wealthy and powerful enough to have a tomb erected, those cases of polygyny could have been due to political marriages. It was pretty
by hnuser847 5y ago
Given that this family was wealthy and powerful enough to have a tomb erected, those cases of polygyny could have been due to political marriages. It was pretty common in the ancient world for male relatives to offer up their female relatives as a way to solidify an alliance, even if the woman was already married.