In a first, ancient couple found in Harappan grave

Pune News - Times of India ^ | Updated: January 9, 2019 | Neha Madaan

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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.

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

Reminds me of a NIGHT GALLERY episode I first saw last night with Phyllis Diller as the dead wife. Binge watching Night Gallery.

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:^D That sounds just about perfect!

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I got a little curious about the Harcourt Fenton Mudd character -- turns out the actor who played him died in his 50s, just before The Next Generation was going to shoot an episode where he reappears (dang! Oh, and condolences to his family, 33 years later). ST:Discovery reintro's the character, recast him, and has him bitching about how the Federation is at fault for his life of crime, for defending itself against Klingons. What a-holes.

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A bout of vertigo hit me when I was driving once. I had just enough tunnel vision to keep it between the lines before pulling over into a parking lot and calling a friend to come get me.

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I drove to the Dr. feeling like I was on my side, upside down and flat on my back. As long as I was firmly buckled in I could ignore what my sense of balance was telling me, the walk from the car to the office was ... entertaining.