There are plenty of romantic stories that fill our hearts with hope for everlasting companionship but rarely do we find real life examples. Elena Menotti and her team of archaeologists have discovered 5,000 year old fossilized skeletons near Mantova, Italy locked in an “Eternal Embrace,” just in time for Valentine’s Day.

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