Archaeologists excavating a Bronze Age burial site in Siberia have discovered the skeletons of a couple holding hands. According to the scientists, the skeletons have been clasping hands for as long as 5,000 years, says Inquisitr.com.
The Siberian Times reported July 13 that archaeologists working at what is believed to be a Bronze Age Glazkov culture site unearthed the couple, and the skeletons were holding hands in an eternal gesture of affection. It is speculated that the male was elderly, and the female was likely his wife or concubine. The skeletons were covered in adornments and situated with accompanying accessories that were likely part of the burial process and/or were important in their beliefs about the afterlife.
Back in 2013, the Daily Mail reported on a “Romanian Romeo and Juliet” pair of skeletons unearthed in an inner courtyard of a former Dominican monastery in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The skeletal bones belonged to a young couple, according to researchers from Cluj-Napoca Institute of Archaeology and History of Art. Adrian Rusu, the lead researcher, said the skeletons had been holding hands since sometime between 1450 and 1550 (450-550 years).
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