Lovers of Valdaro

The Lovers of Valdaro, also dubbed as the "Valdaro Lovers," is a pair of human skeletons locked in an eternal embrace recently discovered by archaeologists at a Neolithic tomb in Valdaro-S.Giorgio near Mantova, Italy. [cite news | publisher=Reuters | title=Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace | author = Phil Stewart | url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=sciencenews&storyID=2007-02-12T122653Z_01_L128312550_RTRUKOC_0_US-ARCHAEOLOGY-ITALY-EMBRACE.xml | date=February 12, 2007 | accessdate=2007-02-13] [cite news | publisher=www.stonepages.com | title=Prehistoric skeletons found locked in eternal embrace | author = | url=http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002264.html | date=February 11, 2007 | accessdate=2007-02-13]

Archaeologist Elena Maria Menotti led the excavation. [cite news | publisher=Daily Mail| title=Locked in an eternal embrace | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-434454/Locked-eternal-embrace.html | date=February 8, 2007 | accessdate=2008-07-23] Scientists believe that the pair is a man and woman no older than 20 years old and approximately 5'2" in height. They were removed from the ground intact and sent to Musei Civici in Como where they are undergoing tests.

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