Eternal Couple of All Time Discovered
The skeletons of a pair of lovers buried holding hands in a final embrace has been unearthed by workers renovating a palace in Italy.
The pair are believed to have been buried together 1,500 years ago in a joint tomb inside the palace walls in Modena, indicating some sort of nobility towards the dying days of the Roman empire.
Observers say the woman seems to be looking lovingly at what scientists believe is her partner.
'It is a very touching scene and very rare,' said one.
The discovery was made during construction work. It is believed the pair were buried at the same time between the 5th and 6th Century A.D.
Archeologist Donato Labate, the director of the excavation, told Discovery News: 'We believe that they were originally buried with their faces staring into each other.The position of the man's vertebrae suggests that his head rolled after death.
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