Greek archaeologists find couple locked in 5800-year-old hug - Polidicks

[IMG]http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/2015/greekarchaeo.jpg[/IMG] [quote]Death did not part them. Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered the grave of a man and woman buried as they died some 5,800 years ago - still tightly embracing. A senior member of the excavation team, Anastassia Papathanassiou, says the discovery - made in 2013 and publicized this week after DNA testing determined each skeleton's sex - is the oldest of its kind in Greece. She says the couple most likely died holding each other. Papathanassiou told The Associated Press on Friday that the remains of the couple, estimated to be in their 20s, were found near the Alepotrypa Cave, an important prehistoric site. It's unclear how they died and whether they were related, but Papathanassiou says further DNA testing should answer the latter question.[/quote] Source: [url]http://phys.org/news/2015-02-greek-archaeologists-couple-millennia-old.html[/url]

The timing of this is too perfect.

[I]"i'll hug you forever"[/I] -this guy

Can't we ever just cuddle?

And then those archaeologists had to fuck up the marathon session that they had going. Damnit archaeologists! :v:

Died around the same time in their twenties. Something must have been terribly wrong.

Are you sure they're hugging? To me it looks like they're boning each other.

[QUOTE=GeneralSpecific;47143918]Are you sure they're hugging? To me it looks like they're boning each other.[/QUOTE] hahaha oh my god you did not just say that

The skeletons are learning to procreate!

Love through the ages.

[QUOTE=Secrios;47144199]The skeletons are learning to procreate![/QUOTE] It's a slow process.

[QUOTE=GeneralSpecific;47143918]Are you sure they're hugging? To me it looks like they're boning each other.[/QUOTE] they'll be waiting for eternity to climax

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;47144378]they'll be waiting for eternity to climax[/QUOTE] I'm pretty certain they've already reached their climax.

This is interesting news.

It's interesting to wonder about who these people were; what they were like in terms of personality, what they looked like, what they sounded like when they spoke, etc. It's an eerily fascinating but necessary reflection of what becomes us all.

Maybe one of them farted so hard that they suffocated and died. The ultimate dutch oven.

[QUOTE=PatchyPirate;47145459]Maybe one of them farted so hard that they suffocated and died. The ultimate dutch oven.[/QUOTE] What, are you 11?

[QUOTE=OvB;47143881]Died around the same time in their twenties. Something must have been terribly wrong.[/QUOTE] The cave entrance collapsed afaik, so they died from suffocation/hunger/dehydration. Also that guys skull got [I]fucked[/I]. Wonder how that happened.

[QUOTE=Toro;47145559]The cave entrance collapsed afaik, so they died from suffocation/hunger/dehydration. Also that guys skull got [I]fucked[/I]. Wonder how that happened.[/QUOTE] If it was a cave collapse, wouldn't it be possible that whoever was on top tried to protect whoever was on bottom with its body? That would explain the fucked skull.

It just blows my mind to think these people lived their entire lives and died not knowing they'd be unearthed almost 6000 years later. It's like if we could travel back in time to our ancient ancestors, we'd be an alien species to them, with all our technology and stuff. Articles like this always make me wonder what the future will hold.

the ride never ends

Humanity at it's finest here. In the end we're all animals and very much the same on the inside. This picture sums that up nicely.