História de AMOR de 5.800 anos...

Embracing Stone Age Couple
Found in Greek Cave

Rare double burials discovered at one of the largest Neolithic burial sites in Europe.

A man appears to hold a woman in a double burial that took place about 5,800 years ago at Alepotrypa Cave, the site of ancient funerary rites.

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY GREEK MINSTRY OF CULTURE, EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

Nick Romeo

for National Geographic

PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Strange and surprising findings have been reported from ongoing excavations at Alepotrypa Cave, a site in the Peloponnesus that one archaeologist called "a Neolithic Pompeii," the Greek Ministry of Culture, Education, and Religious Affairs announced.

The most striking discovery was a burial from roughly 5,800 years ago containing two well-preserved adult human skeletons, one male and one female, with arms and legs interlocked in an embrace

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