August
22
/ 2021
Till death do us part: are the fates of lovers intertwined forever? A study published by Chinese (from the Datong Institute of Archaeology, Jilin University and Xiamen University) and American scientists in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology examines the evidence and the implications of a single “lovers’ tomb” found during the summer 2020 dig season in Datong, Shanxi Province, North China. Xinhua Net News reported that the complete skeletal remains of a couple embracing in a single grave have been found and that the woman was wearing a ring on her ring finger. Lovers’ tombs or couple double burials are quite rare, and this was the first one ever found in North China. Lovers’ Tomb Couple Lived in the Northern
