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Old 02-07-2007, 10:44 AM   #1
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February 7, 2007: Eternal embrace



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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:

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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.


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Old 02-07-2007, 11:10 AM   #2
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I saw this when I first woke up on Yahoo! Oh, the ancient Etruscans. Wait, not Etruscans that's too recent. Oh, nevermind.
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Old 02-07-2007, 11:40 AM   #3
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Maybe they were really strangeling eachother.
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Old 02-07-2007, 11:58 AM   #4
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But it's not completely romantic:
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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.
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Old 02-07-2007, 12:02 PM   #5
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The bed breath must be horrible.
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Old 02-07-2007, 12:40 PM   #6
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The bed breath must be horrible.
lol!

Maybe they brushed before they were sacrificed. :-)
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Old 02-07-2007, 12:47 PM   #7
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Old 02-07-2007, 01:08 PM   #8
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I can't figure out what that picture is?
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Old 02-07-2007, 01:10 PM   #9
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Old 02-07-2007, 01:21 PM   #10
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I can't figure out what that picture is?
A scene from Babylon 5, where two people strangle each other.
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Old 02-07-2007, 02:19 PM   #11
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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.

No wonder they felt they were well matched lovers...... overbite on the right and underbite on the left.....perfect together.
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Old 02-07-2007, 02:29 PM   #12
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I wonder if it's too late to get that printed for Valentine's Day?
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Old 02-07-2007, 02:34 PM   #13
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Aaaannnnd?
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Old 02-07-2007, 02:54 PM   #14
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What's this? A petrified marital aid?

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Old 02-07-2007, 03:07 PM   #15
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What's this? A petrified marital aid?

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Maybe they were Jewish. If they were having sex when they died, that would be her nail file. :-)
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