Embrace Lasts 5000 years
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Original Article Embrace Lasts 5000 years
'Romeo and Juliet' fossils in eternal embrace
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a couple buried 5000 to 6000 years ago, hugging each other.
And as if by cosmic design, this fossilised pair was found in Mantova, only 40 kilometres from Verona — the city where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet carried out their star-crossed romance.
"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. -
ya, it's the headline of the straits time.
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Wonder if it is suicide -
i wonder wat are the circumstances that caused their death. it seems so romantic, so eternal love to die in each other arms. but i dun think anyone would choose death if they had the choice of growing old together.
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they haven't confirmed that it's a man and a woman yet ....
would it be so ironic otherwise ... -
Well saidOriginally posted by the_don:i wonder wat are the circumstances that caused their death. it seems so romantic, so eternal love to die in each other arms. but i dun think anyone would choose death if they had the choice of growing old together. -
no matter they r lovers or siblings, to die so young and in an embrace speaks of the depth of love they had for each other. i nearly cried when i saw the picture woah
if it turns out to be 2 unrelated gals or 2 unrelated boys the gay & lesbian community can trace their root back 5000yrs
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even their legs r interlocked!
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Wah.
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Maybe one stabbed the other (wo gen ni tong gui yi jing!!!!)
Or one poisoned the other, drank the poison too and embraced the victim in death -
scarly is gay couple...sucide caz not accepted at tt time
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Maybe they died of the cold. Hugged to keep each other warm.
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You all have fantastic imagination
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yea loOriginally posted by sillyme:Maybe they died of the cold. Hugged to keep each other warm. -
hmmm.....spooning is not popular back then....
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Sweet.
*Pines for Krissy* -
Originally posted by sillyme:Maybe they died of the cold. Hugged to keep each other warm.
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so heart warming...
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Maybe Hollywood can make up a love story based on this discovery...
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the skeleton on the right is me, the left is BBB.
now 5000 years later, we reincarnated as Nikar and BBB. Endless love mah....Jackie Chan and the korean Jin Xi Shan in The Myth. sigh......
BBB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
fa hua chi ar?Originally posted by Nikar2:the skeleton on the right is me, the left is BBB.
now 5000 years later, we reincarnated as Nikar and BBB. Endless love mah....Jackie Chan and the korean Jin Xi Shan in The Myth. sigh......
BBB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BBB ish babyboy
nikar coming out of closet? -
wah together for a few thousand years
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the news report is not very accurate. i think with the upcoming Valentine's Day, the news report is using the angle of 'love' to interpret the couple's embrace as affection.
While it's possible to know if they are indeed male or female by pelvic-bone analysis, it's almost impossible to know under what circumstances they died, or if they even died together, or if they even knew each other.
For example, they could have been strangers captured by a tribe for their rituals. They could've been strangled separately and then buried together to honour some spirits.
But that doesn't sound too romantic for Feb 14, does it???
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Reminds me of campy n mono.