A 5,800-year-old couple in tight embrace was excavated in Diros, southern Greece. The image was released just before Valentine's Day by the Greek Culture Ministry. The remains showed of a woman and a man in their early twenties, buried as they died almost 6 millennia ago.
The skeletons of the 5,800-year-old couple in embrace was excavated near the Alepotrypa Cave, an important prehistoric site in Greece in 2013, The Telegraph revealed. The discovery was only publicized this week after DNA testing determined each skeleton's sex.
The excavation of the 5,800-year-old couple in tight embrace is the oldest of its kind in Greece. Though it's unclear how the couple had died or whether they were related, Anastassia Papathanassiou, a senior member of the excavation team said further DNA testing should answer the latter question, NBC News revealed.
"Double burials in embrace are extremely rare, and that of Diros is one of the oldest in the world, if not the oldest found to this date," the ministry said.
The grave was carbon dated but no further information was disclosed. The five-year excavation of the site, which was completed last year as reported by Art Daily.org, also uncovered the grave of an infant and that of a fetus. Aside from the 5,800-year-old couple in tight embrace, the archaeologists additionally unearthed an ossuary of four meters wide containing the remains of dozens of people.
Moreover, the excavation of the ossuary, which was four meters wide, also found pottery, beads and a dagger. The tomb had a pebble floor and is described as "unique" for the era.
"We can safely assume that this area operated in the collective memory of these groups as a place to deposit their dead over thousands of years," the ministry stated.
The interesting discovery of a young woman and a young man, who lived had lived almost 3,800 BC was unearthed in a coastal site in the southern peninsula of Peloponnese, a place known to be inhabited since 6,000 BC. They were allegedly two lovers who died protecting each other, The Cubic Lane reported.
While most happy couples choose to marry on Valentine's Day, the discovery of the 5,800-year-old couple in tight embrace on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, seemed to have defied the traditional marital vow of "till death do us part." It has not rung true for the prehistoric lovers.
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