ROME (Reuters) - Call it the eternal embrace.


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.

if they were two lovers,it's gonna be a nice film

i was just about to send this story

isn't it a cool thing, but how did it happen

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wallah hammodi me too

this is what is called ETERNAL LOVE
INYAAAAAAAAAALHOM, they died and burried together and forever
it should be a greeeeeeeeat love that made them hugging each other for 5000 years !!!

i think this shows how much of dreamy creatures we (humans) are. this discovery is interesting but says who these 2 r lovers, there r other possibilities, it's not even certain that these 2 are male and female.

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