Archaeologists Extracting Ancient Lovers

February 13th, 2007 in Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Archaeologists Extracting Ancient Lovers (AP)

This file photo provided by the Archaeological Society SAP in Mantua, northern Italy, on Wednesday, Feb, 7, 2007 shows a pair of human skeletons found Monday Feb. 6 at a construction site outside Mantua. Archaeologists unearthed the skeletons, believed to be a man and a woman, from the Neolithic period, buried between 5000 to 6000 years ago. (AP Photo/Archaeological Society SAP)

(AP) -- Archaeologists working on the eve of Valentine's Day carefully began digging up the bones of a prehistoric couple on Tuesday, hoping to keep their 5,000-year-old embrace undisturbed forever.

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