Whatever.
The point is that a ritual murder is an indication that the victims were considered powerful enough to kill in a special way, which is very interesting, regardless of the sex of the victims, but especially intriguing, given the particulars.
If you don't think so, and all you can do is mouth cliches, well, that's all you can do. God didn't give everybody a first class brain.
"The point is that a ritual murder is an indication that the victims were considered powerful enough to kill in a special way"
Do we know that? How do we know that the people who buried them were the same people that killed them?
I've read enough anthropological literature to know that all over the world, stretching far back into the earliest beginnings of human civilization, human sacrifice has been practiced.
Generally, it was considered an honor to be sacrificed to the gods. The intended sacrifice was frequently treated like a king or queen, given much in the way of material goods and comforts, often for many years, before they were put to death.
These human sacrifices were often considered to possess much power and influence. They were thought to be able to carry messages from the people to their gods, to influence the wishes and actions of the gods, and the very sacrifice of their lives was proof that the people were worthy of the gods' favor.
From prehistoric Europe, to ancient China, to the ancient Middle East, human sacrifice was common in the early stages of civilization. The Mesoamerican civilizations of the Maya, the Aztecs, and others were rather unique in that human sacrifice continued long after these civilizations' formative stages.
Other civilizations soon replaced actual human sacrifice with such things as the burial of clay or metal statues in graves, or instituted symbolic acts using substitutes such as wine or grain in place of the blood and bodies of sacrificial victims.
Reading the replies to this post, I gather it is rather difficult for many in the year 2005 to transport their minds to a time and a place that is as far removed from present-day sensibilities as can be.
The world of the ancients is not our world.