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02/07/2007 04:47:03 PM · #1 |
I just came across a news article and the photos are amazing.
Link to story...
5,000 year old embrace
Slideshow to images:
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02/07/2007 04:57:50 PM · #2 |
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02/07/2007 04:59:32 PM · #3 |
Links are not working for me.
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02/07/2007 05:00:17 PM · #4 |
That's weird and cool and weird.
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02/07/2007 05:02:42 PM · #5 |
| Very touching! It's sweet the way they are looking into each others eyes. Makes one imagine all kinds of wonderful stories about them. |
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02/07/2007 05:05:27 PM · #6 |
| Yes, I saw this earlier today! Amazing, and incredibly touching. 5-6,000 years old, in other words, neolithic (new stone age). Speculation is that they died young, based on tooth condition. I can imagine they knew they were not going to survive, and spent their last minutes or hours together. Such a beautiful display of humanity; it instantly transcends the millenia. If they only knew that people thousands of years removed would look at their embrace, and simply... understand. |
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02/07/2007 05:18:54 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Yes, I saw this earlier today! Amazing, and incredibly touching. 5-6,000 years old, in other words, neolithic (new stone age). Speculation is that they died young, based on tooth condition. I can imagine they knew they were not going to survive, and spent their last minutes or hours together. Such a beautiful display of humanity; it instantly transcends the millenia. If they only knew that people thousands of years removed would look at their embrace, and simply... understand. |
woah.. deep lol |
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02/07/2007 05:26:33 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Yes, I saw this earlier today! Amazing, and incredibly touching. 5-6,000 years old, in other words, neolithic (new stone age). Speculation is that they died young, based on tooth condition. I can imagine they knew they were not going to survive, and spent their last minutes or hours together. Such a beautiful display of humanity; it instantly transcends the millenia. If they only knew that people thousands of years removed would look at their embrace, and simply... understand. |
That was one of the first things I thought of when I read this story earlier today (the part about them knowing they weren't going to survive). Makes you wonder what it was that put them in that condition? Had to have been a disease of some sort that perhaps killed others also, so they kind of knew what was coming. |
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02/07/2007 05:31:40 PM · #9 |
| Yeh, disease, or possibly being caught out in harsh weather, or even starvation. |
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02/07/2007 05:59:35 PM · #10 |
In one related article, however, they haven't yet determined if they are male/female, male/male, or female/female. It could add a new twist to the story when that is determined.
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02/07/2007 06:20:31 PM · #11 |
There is obviously more to this story than was published. It will be brought to light with the type of pulitzer quality investigative journalism you find in the "National Inquirer"
"Inquiring minds" will learn these important facts:
1-There was a lot more than just "hugging" going on. Additional images and graphics proving this will be provided.
2-The come-on line, "You don't want to die a virgin, do you?" is a lot older than previous anthropological estimates.
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02/07/2007 06:28:08 PM · #12 |
Why is it assumed that these two even knew each other let alone were in love? Couldn't their bodies have settled together like that through happenstance?
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02/07/2007 06:32:34 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Why is it assumed that these two even knew each other let alone were in love? Couldn't their bodies have settled together like that through happenstance? |
Almost impossible. Look carefully at the way the bones are arranged. Clearly they were actually embracing, and died together. Whether they were a couple, siblings or simply two individuals traveling togeher is something that may never be conclusively determined. I'd bet, though, that a DNA comparison could yield enough information to judge relatedness. |
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02/07/2007 06:58:12 PM · #14 |
I'm thinking more of the neighbor from across the cave whom afterwards made a funny by putting their arms around each other when he knew they both hated each other. :P
ETA: I miss Far Side.
Message edited by author 2007-02-07 18:59:33.
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