[BroJoeK]

" I think this is what killed off the whole Roman Empire, they just couldn't hold their hands still enough to write about it."

Or those Neanderthals at Gibraltar and, who knows, maybe this poor couple from 3,000 BC in India?

Interesting that such joint burials are unknown before and apparently uncommon afterward.
It suggests that biologically speaking, love is modern, fleeting and rare.

Who knew?

[SunkenCiv]

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The Sweetness of Honey and the Sting of Bees: Words of Love from the Ancient Mediterranean by Michelle Lovric Nikiforos Doxiadis Mardas

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[SunkenCiv]

Nothing explains it like a medieval troubadour song.

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