Archaeologists Unearth An Ancient Couple Buried In 'Spooning' Position In Greece

An international team of scientists has discovered a couple at an ancient gravesite who were apparently placed together, with their arms intertwined into a spooning state. It is speculated that the couple was buried around 6,000 years ago in Greece.

The DNA testing conducted on the skeleton has confirmed the gender of the skeletons. The picture of the rare ancient gravesite depicts that the man was placed behind the woman with their intertwined into each other and the man's arms around the woman's body. A number of reasons, including why the pair was buried in this manner and who among the two died first are not yet been determined by the international team of archaeologists that discovered the couple in Greece.

"There've only been a couple of prehistoric examples of this behaviour around the world, but even when couples are buried together, they're beside each other and not typically touching. This couple was actually spooning," said archaeologist Michael Galaty from the Mississippi State University, reported Science Daily.

Even though the researchers are unsure about how the couple died, they speculate that they died around the same time. However, no confirmation has been received so far from the research team.

The couple was found buried in Ksagounaki, a rocky area near Greece's Mediterranean coast. According to Galaty, this region is just adjacent to the Alepotrypa Cave, known to be one of the largest settlements in southern Europe.

The cave was discovered back in 2011 by a team of archaeologists who was surveying the nearby land. The researchers believe that the cave was inhabited between 5,000 and 3,000 B.C. and the death of the couple took place around 3,800 B.C, during the Neolithic Age.

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