Over 1,600-yr-old tomb of embracing lovers found in north China
The skeletal remains of two lovers, buried together more than 1,500 years ago in northern China, were recently discovered locked in an eternal embrace, a new study finds. Lovers hugging each other. It’s possible that the woman, who wore a metal ring on her left ring finger, sacrificed herself so that she could be buried with her husband, the researchers said. While joint male-female burials are not uncommon in China, this entwined burial “with two skeletons locked in an embrace with a bold display of love” is the first of its kind in the country, and may reflect changing attitudes toward love in Chinese society at that time, the researchers wrote in the study. “This is the first couple found in a loving embrace, as such, anywhere anytime in China,” study lead researcher Qian Wang, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Science s at the Texas A&M College of Dentistry, told Live Science in an email. Archaeologists discovered the ...