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In a first, ancient couple found in Harappan grave
Pune News - Times of India ^ | Updated: January 9, 2019 | Neha Madaan

Posted on 02/16/2019 12:42:58 AM PST by SunkenCiv

Archaeologists from the Deccan College Deemed University in Pune have discovered two skeletons, a young male and a female, buried at the same time in the same grave with the man's face turned toward the woman.

It is the first anthropologically confirmed joint burial of a couple in a Harappan cemetery. The 'couple's grave' was found in the Harappan settlements excavated at Rakhigarhi in Harayana, some 150km northwest of Delhi.

Archaeologists said evidence points at the couple being buried simultaneously or about the same time. They could not find clear evidence if one was buried after the other.

Although many settlements and cemeteries have been discovered and investigated, no couple's burials at Harappan cemeteries have been reported till date. Archaeologists who excavated this site found the two bodies placed in the supine position (face up) with arms and legs extended...

Vasant Shinde, corresponding author of the research, and vice chancellor of Deccan College Deemed University, told TOI that archaeologists in India have often debated about the historical meaning of joint burials.

He said the Harappans believed in life after death which explains the pottery and bowls found in the graves...

Their ages at the time of death have been estimated to be between 21 and 35 years and the man's approximate height as 5 feet 6 inches and the woman's as 5 feet 2 inches. Researchers could not find any evidence of trauma or lesions in the skeletons.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; godsgravesglyphs; harappa; harappan; harayana; india; indusvalley; pune; rakhigarhi
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like he just told her a funny joke.


21 posted on 02/16/2019 6:56:10 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Your GGG stuff is an occassional pleasant break from all that we FReepers read, both here and elsewhere.

Healthy imaginations need varied stimuli.

Just look at Steven King.

I rest my case.

22 posted on 02/16/2019 6:57:19 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true. I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: SunkenCiv

Possibly the man died, then they buried the woman alive. Later began burning bodies and the woman being burned alive on her husband’s funeral pyre.

In India there could be many explanations.


23 posted on 02/16/2019 7:28:21 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: SunkenCiv

“We’re DEAD woman! Now please just SHUT UP!”


24 posted on 02/16/2019 8:15:30 AM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: oldvirginian; Ruy Dias de Bivar
“We’re DEAD woman! Now please just SHUT UP!”
Yeah, it was probably some kind of elaborate punishment for him.

25 posted on 02/16/2019 11:00:31 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: knarf
Thanks knarf. I've been getting a little spoiled as more people post good topics and/or ping me to good ones.
Steven King doesn't belong in the same sentence as "varied stimuli" or "imagination" (apart from this sentence of course). :^)

26 posted on 02/16/2019 11:02:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: BenLurkin
Maybe they wanted to try out the new rib joint.

27 posted on 02/16/2019 11:04:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: bgill
...Samson and Delilah...

28 posted on 02/16/2019 11:05:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
...Samsohindra and Delilidyah...

29 posted on 02/16/2019 11:07:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: ConservativeMind
Women, can't live with 'em, pass the beer nuts.

30 posted on 02/16/2019 11:09:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

lolol


31 posted on 02/16/2019 11:20:03 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: SunkenCiv
My point.

SK is weird scifi all the time 24/7 .....

What if he stopped thinking that weird crap and started writing Harlequin type pulp ... whatever.

My comment was in rebutal to someone commenting about what you post.

Hell ... I did a Pompeii binge about a year ago because of one of your posts.

Pompeii was the place to be to get laid.

I wonder how many people know that

32 posted on 02/16/2019 12:00:23 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true. I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: moovova
The man was Harry Mudd, he got stuck in Harappan times due to a mishap with a 23rd century time machine, one of the unseen Star Trek episodes.

33 posted on 02/16/2019 12:23:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: BroJoeK

The Sweetness of Honey and the Sting of Bees: Words of Love from the Ancient Mediterranean
The Sweetness of Honey and the Sting of Bees:
Words of Love from the Ancient Mediterranean

by Michelle Lovric
Nikiforos Doxiadis Mardas


34 posted on 02/16/2019 12:49:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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Nothing explains it like a medieval troubadour song.
Martim Codax - Raimbaut de Vaqueiras : Ondas do mar & Altas undas que venez suz la mar

Martim Codax - Raimbaut de Vaqueiras : Ondas do mar & Altas undas que venez suz la mar

35 posted on 02/16/2019 12:54:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: null and void
If they made a poster about what I had, it would basically be a nice line drawing of one of those e-room barf bags that opens like an accordion. Although I must say, I was disappointed that I never got one of those, they're pretty cool. Y'know, as barf bags go.

36 posted on 02/16/2019 12:57:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: knarf
Pompeii, really anywhere in the Roman world, great place to get laid, assuming one enjoyed a prostitute.

37 posted on 02/16/2019 12:59:42 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: knarf

Eros in Pompeii
the Erotic Art Collection of the Museum of Naples
by Michael Grant
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/eros-in-pompeii-the-erotic-art-collection-of-the-museum-of-naples/author/grant-michael/


38 posted on 02/16/2019 1:02:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hah! I remember Harry.


39 posted on 02/16/2019 1:19:09 PM PST by moovova
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To: SunkenCiv
HERE
40 posted on 02/16/2019 1:27:00 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true. I have no proof, but they're true)
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