{"id":403,"date":"2013-02-14T17:26:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T17:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2014-08-29T17:30:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T17:30:21","slug":"lovers-of-valdaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/lovers-of-valdaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovers of Valdaro"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The
The “Lovers of Valdaro”. This burial of a young man and woman, lying face to face, with their arms and legs entwined in an apparent eternal embrace was discovered by archaeologists near Mantua in Italy. The burial, which dates from the Neolithic period, was excavated as a single block so the two \u00e2\u20ac\u02dclovers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 would not have to be separated. Thanks to Massimiliano for the notification. – from Irisharchaeology.ie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As in life, in death, they lie, embraced
\nIn the Eternal Cloak of the cold cold ground
\nThe warm bonds of an endless love
\nBetween two lovers, shown when they were found
\nAll away swept quickly all the years
\nThat have passed since they lived back then
\nWe are not that different, though we think we are
\nWe are all but human, we are all men
\nWe know not if there is life beyond death
\nThough our religions tell us so
\nBut these lovers, embraced beneath the clay
\nSay there’s love beyond death, now we know!<\/p>\n

Reference:<\/strong>
\nWikipedia<\/a>
\nTIME Magazine<\/a>
\nWorldcrunch<\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As in life, in death, they lie, embraced In the Eternal Cloak of the cold cold ground The warm bonds of an endless love Between two lovers, shown when they were found All away swept quickly all the years That have passed since they lived back then We are not …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,145],"tags":[631,632,2354,628,630,151,627,629,626],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death","category-love-poems","tag-burial","tag-burial-of-lovers","tag-death","tag-embrace","tag-italy","tag-lovers","tag-lovers-of-valdaro","tag-mantua","tag-valdaro","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-6v","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1950,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/idle-thoughts-while-walking-in-sligo\/","url_meta":{"origin":403,"position":0},"title":"Idle Thoughts While Walking in Sligo","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"29th December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There is little in lapping waves here where I walk, And mountains tall loom over houses, Neath a grey sky that fortells rain... 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