The Embracing Skeletons of Alepotrypa are a pair of human skeletons dated as approximately 5,800 years old.
They were discovered by archaeologists in the Alepotrypa cave in Laconia, Greece, home to a human settlement in the Neolithic age between 6,000 B.C.
[1] DNA analysis confirmed that the remains belong to a man and woman who died when they were 20 to 25 years of age.
[2][3][4] The prehistoric skeletons died in a lover’s embrace with the man lying behind the woman, draping his arms over her, and with their legs intertwined.
Greek archaeologist Anastasia Papathanasiou said about the couple's pose, "It's a very natural hug; it doesn't look like they were arranged in this posture at a much later date.