The 5000 year embrace!

Little Bird · 02-07-2007, 01:19 PM

I came across this today and thought it was a wonderful story, I just had to share it

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Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, hugging each other.
"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.

last_dance_rodeo · 02-07-2007, 02:44 PM

I saw this today on Regis and Kelly. I was like wow that's how I want to die.

Sitdogboy! · 02-08-2007, 02:17 AM

I jsut saw that on Nancy Grace! I love that bitch

last_dance_rodeo · 02-08-2007, 02:20 AM

she is crazy, i swear to god. I used to watch her show and I liked her but now I think she's not right in the head.

Little Bird · 02-08-2007, 07:38 AM

BUt it's just a beautiful story, don't you think. I can't wait to read more about it.

last_dance_rodeo · 02-08-2007, 03:35 PM

It is beautiful I wonder though if perhaps they weren't buried like that though maybe, anywho it's still pretty darn amazing

02-07-2007, 02:44 PM	#2
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	I saw this today on Regis and Kelly. I was like wow that's how I want to die. __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

02-08-2007, 02:17 AM	#3
Sitdogboy! Super JKF Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Louis Missouri Posts: 572 Rep Power: 0	I jsut saw that on Nancy Grace! I love that bitch __________________

02-08-2007, 02:20 AM	#4
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	she is crazy, i swear to god. I used to watch her show and I liked her but now I think she's not right in the head. __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

02-08-2007, 07:38 AM	#5
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	BUt it's just a beautiful story, don't you think. I can't wait to read more about it. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

02-08-2007, 03:35 PM	#6
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	It is beautiful I wonder though if perhaps they weren't buried like that though maybe, anywho it's still pretty darn amazing __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.