True love has seemingly been found – albeit in the form of an embrace 15 centuries ago.
The discovery shines a light on not only cultural phenomena of the time, but also on the timeline of the West’s influence on the East.Archaeologists in northern China discovered two ancient skeletons holding each other with their arms wrapped around the other's waist and the woman pressed up against the man's shoulders. According to the , the remains likely belonged to a man and woman from the Northern Wei period – 1,500 years ago, when Buddhism was heightening.
“The message was clear – husband and wife lay together, embracing each other for eternal love during the afterlife,” the"Burials of love and burials with love must be abundant. However, evidence of direct materialization of love in burials has been rare, and rarer in skeletal forms." According to the journal, the remains were found by researchers who were excavating more than 600 tombs at a cemetery uncovered during construction in the city of Datong, in Shanxi province.
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