恋人相拥长眠五千年（图）

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Couple hugging 5,000 year

　　Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, hugging each other.

　　\"It's an extraordinary case,\" said Elena Menotti, who led the team on their dig near the northern city of Mantova.

　　\"There has not been a double burial found in the Neolithic period, much less two people hugging.\"

　　Menotti said she believed the two, almost certainly a man and a woman although that needs to be confirmed, died young because their teeth were mostly intact and not worn down.

　　\"I must say that when we discovered it, we all became very excited. I've been doing this job for 25 years. I've done digs at Pompeii, all the famous sites,\" she said.

　　\"But I've never been so moved because this is the discovery of something special.\"

　　A laboratory will now try to determine the couple's age at the time of death and how long they had been buried.

　　意大利考古学家近日发现了一对距今五六千年的合葬恋人骨骸，这两具尸骨至今仍保持着拥抱的姿势。

　　这两具骨骸是在意大利北部城市曼托瓦城发现的。发掘小组的负责人埃琳娜·麦努特说：“这真是一个不同寻常的发现。”

　　“以前我们从未发现过新石器时代的合葬尸骨，更不要说相互拥抱在一起的了。”

　　麦努特认为，这两具骨骸肯定是一男一女，不过还需要进一步证实。他们的牙齿几乎完好无损，没有脱落，所以可以推测他们去世的时候还很年轻。

　　埃琳娜说：“发现这两具骨骸时，我们都非常激动。我从事考古工作25年了，挖掘过庞培古城（译者注：意大利古都,公元79年火山爆发,全城淹没）等所有著名的考古地点。”

　　“但我从未像这次这么感动过，因为这个发现真的是很特别。”

　　一家实验室将立即开展研究，确定这对恋人死亡时的年龄以及他们究竟被埋葬了多少年。


Vocabulary:

　　Neolithic period : 新石器时代