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Undertoad 02-07-2007 10:44 AM
February 7, 2007: Eternal embrace
 
http://cellar.org/2007/eternalembrace1.jpg

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"I am so thrilled at this find. I have been involved in lots of digs all over Italy but nothing has excited me as much as this."

"I've been doing this job for 25 years. I've done digs at Pompeii, all the famous sites.

"But I've never been so moved because this is the discovery of something special."
That's lead archaeologist Elena Menotti, describing this find: of a couple who have been embracing each other for over 5000 years.

They were buried together during the Neolithic peroid, near Mantua, Italy - and they were just discovered yesterday.

But it's not completely romantic:

Quote:
One theory being examined is that the man was killed and the woman then sacrificed so that his soul would be accompanied in the after life.
http://cellar.org/2007/eternalembrace2.jpg

Daily Mail story via Spluch and Neatorama

freshnesschronic 02-07-2007 11:10 AM
I saw this when I first woke up on Yahoo! Oh, the ancient Etruscans. Wait, not Etruscans that's too recent. Oh, nevermind.

Sheldonrs 02-07-2007 11:40 AM
Maybe they were really strangeling eachother.

Sundae 02-07-2007 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 313570)
But it's not completely romantic:
Quote:
One theory being examined is that the man was killed and the woman then sacrificed so that his soul would be accompanied in the after life.
Not completely, but a little bit maybe?
Nothing says I Love You like being sacrificed I guess.

Shawnee123 02-07-2007 12:02 PM
The bed breath must be horrible.

Sheldonrs 02-07-2007 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 313594)
The bed breath must be horrible.
lol!

Maybe they brushed before they were sacrificed. :-)

Happy Monkey 02-07-2007 12:47 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi.../Gkar_dies.jpg

Shawnee123 02-07-2007 01:08 PM
I can't figure out what that picture is?

BigV 02-07-2007 01:10 PM
Nothing to eat here, people. Keep moving.

Happy Monkey 02-07-2007 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 313620)
I can't figure out what that picture is?
A scene from Babylon 5, where two people strangle each other.

xoxoxoBruce 02-07-2007 02:19 PM
He was grabbing her by the throat and she was kneeing him in the groin when the bus hit them. Don't these archaeologists know anything.:smack:

No wonder they felt they were well matched lovers...... overbite on the right and underbite on the left.....perfect together.

Trilby 02-07-2007 02:29 PM
I wonder if it's too late to get that printed for Valentine's Day?

rkzenrage 02-07-2007 02:34 PM
Same city of Romeo & Juliet.
Quote:
One theory being examined is that the man was killed and the woman then sacrificed so that his soul would be accompanied in the after life.
Aaaannnnd?

Spexxvet 02-07-2007 02:54 PM
What's this? A petrified marital aid?

[IMG]http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/7...ecircletf7.jpg[/IMG]

Sheldonrs 02-07-2007 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 313661)
What's this? A petrified marital aid?

[IMG]http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/7...ecircletf7.jpg[/IMG]
Maybe they were Jewish. If they were having sex when they died, that would be her nail file. :-)


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