I saw this on the Facebook site History In Pictures.
Discovered in 1972 in the Solduz Valley, the pair are estimated to have died around 800 B.C.
All those years, locked in this loving embrace.
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City Jackdaw
Notes on a life
Maybe it’s me and my funky mood today, but my first impression of this photo is he has a hole in his head. I think she did it in a fit of pique and is saying, “oh, love, sorry!” Ever the gentleman, he flung his arm about her and replied, “it’s only a flesh wound.”
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I read this in the comments:
These human remains were unearthed in 1972 at the Teppe Hasanlu archaeological site, located in the Solduz Valley in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. The site was burned after a military attack. People from both fighting sides were killed in the fire, which apparently spread quite unexpectedly and quickly through the town. The skeletons were found in a plaster grain bin, probably hiding from soldiers, and they almost certainly asphyxiated quickly. The “head wound” is actually from modern-day excavators.
Doesn’t sound quite as romantic does it?!
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I prefer my version. He forgave her momentary lapse.
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The battle scars of love 🙂
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Maybe others would have a more heartfelt reaction, but I find something particularly creepy about this photo. It gives me the shivers.
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See comment above ^^
Funnily enough, I’ve just finished reading A Prayer For Owen Meaney. That was one of his sayings: it gives me the shivers.
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Haha! I like it! I never read “A Prayer for Owen Meaney,” but perhaps I should. 🙂
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