historical-nonfiction: In 1972, archaeologists unearthed a plaster-lined brick bin in the Teppe Hasa
historical-nonfiction: In 1972, archaeologists unearthed a plaster-lined brick bin in the Teppe Hasanlu site in northwestern Iran, an ancient city that had been violently sacked and burned at the end of the 800s BCE. University of Pennsylvania archaeologist Robert Dyson wrote: Lying in the bottom of the bin were two human skeletons, a male and a female. The male had one of its arms under the shoulder of the female, while the female was looking into the face of the male and reaching out with one hand to touch his lips. Both were young adults. Neither showed any evidence of injury; there were no obvious cuts or broken bones. There were no objects with the skeletons, but under the female’s head was a stone slab. The other contents of the bin consisted of broken pieces of plaster, charcoal, and small pieces of burned brick but nothing heavy enough to crush the bones. Two theories have been suggested. A pair of lovers might have crawled into the bin under some light material of some kind to hide in the hope of escaping the destruction of the citadel, and they embraced while the city was destroyed around them. Or, the lovers were hiding and one is telling the other not to make any noise. Either way, they died peacefully – probably of asphyxiation. -- source link
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