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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Archaeology => Topic started by: TomSea on September 13, 2019, 02:51:51 am
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Hand-holding skeletons dubbed Lovers of Modena 'were both men'
Researchers believe the men could have been "war comrades or friends who died together during a skirmish".
Thursday 12 September 2019 22:11, UK
Two ancient skeletons known as the Lovers of Modena, who were buried hand-in-hand, were both men, according to new research.
The pair, who are believed to have died between the 4th and 6th centuries, had previously been thought to be a male and a female.
But researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy used a new technique to determine their gender by analysing proteins in their tooth enamel.
Read more at: https://news.sky.com/story/hand-holding-skeletons-dubbed-lovers-of-modena-were-both-men-11808063