United at the last breath: 2,800 year old skeletons discovered kissing


In 1972 researchers found two human skeletons in Teppe Hasanla in northern Iran. The pair were a man and woman who died around 800 BC. Presumably they had taken refuge in a makeshift bunker of some sort during a battle in the city. When the hole collapsed, they suffocated. Almost 2,800 years later, they were found in an excavation in the position in which they had died: with the male skeleton's arm around the female's waist while she kissed him.
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Since that time the discovery is known as "the lovers" who were united until their last breath. Truly an example of eternal love!
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