A pair of human skeletons lie in an eternal embrace at an Neolithic archaeological dig site near Mantova, Italy, in this photo released February 6, 2007. REUTERS/Enrico Pajello/Handout
Posted on 02/06/2007 1:37:45 PM PST by NYer
Call it the eternal embrace.
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, hugging each other.
"It's an extraordinary case," said Elena Menotti, who led the team on their dig near the northern city of Mantova.
"There has not been a double burial found in the Neolithic period, much less two people hugging -- and they really are hugging."
Menotti said she believed the two, almost certainly a man and a woman although that needs to be confirmed, died young because their teeth were mostly intact and not worn down.
"I must say that when we discovered it, we all became very excited. I've been doing this job for 25 years. I've done digs at Pompeii, all the famous sites," she told Reuters.
"But I've never been so moved because this is the discovery of something special."
A laboratory will now try to determine the couple's age at the time of death and how long they had been buried.
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THE REFLECTIONS lyrics - "Just Like Romeo And Juliet"
(Freddie Gorman and Bob Hamilton)
(Ooh-ooh-oop)
Findin' a job tomorrow mornin'
Got a little somethin' I wanna do
Gonna buy (gonna buy) somethin' I could ride in
A-Take my girl (take my girl) datin' at the drive-in
Our love's gonna be written down in history
A-Just like Romeo and Juliet
I'm gonna buy her pretty presents
Just like the ones in a catalog
Gonna show (gonna show) how much I love
Let her know (let her know) one way or the other
Our love's gonna be written down in history
A-Just like Romeo and Juliet
(Ooh-ooh-oop)
(Dooo, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doo-doop)
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Just Like Romeo and Juliet
Talk about love and romance
Just wait 'til I get myself straight
I'm gonna put Romeo's fame
Right smack-dab on a date
Ah, all right, now, I'm speculatin'
Wonder what tomorrow's gonna really bring
If I don't (if I don't) find work tomorrow
It's gonna be (gonna be) heartaches 'n' sorrow
Our love's gonna be destroyed like a tragedy
Just like Romeo and Juliet
(Ooh-ooh-oop)
(Dooo, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doot, doo-doop)
Just like Romeo and Juliet
A-Just like Romeo and Juliet
A-Just like Romeo and Juliet
(Just like Romeo and Juliet)
(Just like Romeo and Juliet)
(Just like Romeo and Juliet)
(Just like Romeo and Juliet)
Wait 'til his wife finds out.
* not really but made ya look!
Maybe she did..............
Aw, now that's pretty sweet.
Sometimes, it feels like my hubby and I have been together 5,000 years.
Other times, it feels like 5 minutes...
under water.
Judging from the size of the hole in the skull on the right, she did.
better call in those guys from 48 hrs.
Probably caught in the act by a jealous husband and buried the way they were found.
I think its very touching.
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LOL !!!!
Be interesting to find out how they died. Appears they 'saw death coming' ... smothered? stabbed? buried alive? poisoned? Interesting
My guess would be "buried by dirt"!
;-)
Personally, I think it looks more like they strangled each other...
And I'm prayin hard that they actually do turn out to be man and woman.
We don't need to start seeing episodes of "Queer Eye for the Dead Guy"
Let's hope so.
Beat me to it by 7 seconds.
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