valentines for everyone. :)

a few years ago, i found this picture on the newspaper. i immediately cut it out and pasted it on my planner. and now i'd like to share it with all of you. the two sets of skeletons in this picture may be that of a couple, or of brothers, or sisters. it's just heartwarming to see this. this photo is real. :) there are lots of stories about it (see article below), but whatever it is, it reminds us that love can last forever. :)

HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE!

source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070213-bones-photo.html?source=rss

February 13, 2007—In what's been called a Valentine's Day gift to Italy, archaeologists today excavated two interlocked Stone Age skeletons—leaving their "eternal embrace" intact and making it easier to analyze the double burial.

Discovered last week during construction not far from Verona, the setting of Romeo and Juliet, the roughly 5,000-year-old couple has already become an icon of enduring love to many.

Like Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, the prehistoric twosome appear to be young, as evidenced by the condition of their teeth. But that's about all that is known about them so far. They could just as easily be two brothers.

But dig supervisor Elena Menotti takes the romantic view.

"It was a very emotional discovery," the archaeologist told the Associated Press last week. "From thousands of years ago we feel the strength of this love. Yes, we must call it love."

—Ted Chamberlain