Just in time for Valentine's Day, Archaeologists in Italy have dug up a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, who died locked in an embrace. My first thought is, "Awwwwwww..." My next thought is, "Man, I hope they don't 'unembrace' them!" How horrible would that be?
As a romance lover and a romance writer, this story captivates me. Immediately, my imagination starts spinning stories of how these eternal lovers came to meet their untimely end near the northern city of Mantua, Italy, a mere 25 miles south of Romeo and Juliette's city of Verona.
Just to satisfy my natural proclivity toward both romance and history, I think I'm going to have to sit down and write my own story of how these presumably young Neolithic sweethearts lived, loved and died together surrounded by flint tools and arrowheads.
I see them fleeing together after the young warrior saved his love who was being held captive by a rival tribe. After a long and treacherous flight trough the marshy countryside, the beautiful young girl falls from exhaustion. Her warrior love drops at her side, urging her to get up and run again but the enemy overtakes them and shoots an arrow into the warrior. Left for dead, they succumb to the elements, forever locked in each other's arms.
Ah, yes...I could think of a dozen other good scenarios. How about you?
Tomorrow, hopefully I'll have photos of my beautiful new granddaughter, Mia Grace, born February 5th.
1 comment:
What an intriguing story! My first thought on seeing the photo was a volcano caught them as they slept. . . . but the possibilities are endless.
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