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 Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:47 am Post subject: Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace |
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Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace
Mon Feb 12, 11:47 AM
By Phil Stewart
VALDARO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters Life!) - Italy won't split up its Stone Age "lovers."
In a Valentine's Day gift to the country, scientists said they are determined to remove and preserve together the remains of a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, their arms still wrapped around each other in an enduring embrace.
Instead of removing the bones one-by-one for reassembly later, archaeologists plan to scoop up the entire section of earth where the couple was buried, they told Reuters.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/070212/odds/odd_archaeology_italy_embrace_new3_dc_1 |
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