Parents clasp hands of children in ancient graves

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snipe Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) Nov 19, 2008

The remains of 13 people believed to have been killed during a violent raid were laid out in an unusual pattern for the Neolithic period in a grave site discovered in Germany in 2005.

Several pairs were buried face-to-face with their hands and arms interlinked in four nearby graves which researchers believed were once covered in burial mounds.

Two of the grave sites were sufficiently well-preserved to allow for DNA analysis.

In one, researchers from Britain and Australia were able to determine that the man and woman clasping the hands of two boys were indeed their parents.

"Their unity in death suggests a unity in life," wrote lead author Dr Wolfgang Haak of the University of Adelaide.

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Parents_clasp_hands_of_children_in_ancient_graves_999.html

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