這是因為什麼樣的魔力
Couple hugging 5,000 year
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, hugging each other.
"It's an extraordinary case," said Elena Menotti, who led the team on their dig near the northern city of Mantova.
"There has not been a double burial found in the Neolithic period, much less two people hugging."
Menotti said she believed the two, almost certainly a man and a woman although that needs to be confirmed, died young because their teeth were mostly intact and not worn down.
"I must say that when we discovered it, we all became very excited. I've been doing this job for 25 years. I've done digs at Pompeii, all the famous sites," she said.
"But I've never been so moved because this is the discovery of something special."
A laboratory will now try to determine the couple's age at the time of death and how long they had been buried.
意大利考古學家近日發現了一對距今五六千年的合葬戀人骨骸，這兩具屍骨至今仍保持著擁抱的姿勢。
這兩具骨骸是在意大利北部城市曼托瓦城發現的。發掘小組的負責人埃琳娜·麥努特說：『這真是一個不同尋常的發現。』
『以前我們從未發現過新石器時代的合葬屍骨，更不要說相互擁抱在一起的了。』
麥努特認為，這兩具骨骸肯定是一男一女，不過還需要進一步證實。他們的牙齒幾乎完好無損，沒有脫落，所以可以推測他們去世的時候還很年輕。
埃琳娜說：『發現這兩具骨骸時，我們都非常激動。我從事考古工作25年了，挖掘過龐培古城(譯者注：意大利古都,公元79年火山爆發,全城淹沒)等所有著名的考古地點。』
『但我從未像這次這麼感動過，因為這個發現真的是很特別。』
一家實驗室將立即開展研究，確定這對戀人死亡時的年齡以及他們究竟被埋葬了多少年。
Neolithic period：新石器時代
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