The Lovers of Cluj-Napoca are a pair of human skeletons discovered in 2013 by archaeologists in the cemetery of a former Dominican convent in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[1][2] The couple are believed to have lived between 1450 and 1550 – between the year the convent was established and the year the graveyard was secularised.[2] Analysis by archaeologists confirmed that the skeletons belong to a man and a woman around 30 years of age. The couple were buried facing each other, and with their hands interlocked.[3][4]
The male appears to have died due to a fight or an accident as his sternum is broken, possibly caused by a blow from a blunt object.[5][6] Another archaeologist places the blame for the man's death on a broken hip.[1] The cause of death of the female is unclear from her skeleton. It is unlikely that she died by suicide, as that was considered a sin at the time and would have excluded her from being buried in consecrated ground.[7]
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edit- ^ a b "Buried Couple Found Holding Hands - Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ a b Davis, Carlo (2013-04-22). "LOOK: Romanian Romeo and Juliet Buried Hand In Hand". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ Lugli, Federico; Di Rocco, Giulia; Vazzana, Antonino; Genovese, Filippo; Pinetti, Diego; Cilli, Elisabetta; Carile, Maria Cristina; Silvestrini, Sara; Gabanini, Gaia; Arrighi, Simona; Buti, Laura (2019-09-11). "Enamel peptides reveal the sex of the Late Antique 'Lovers of Modena'". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 13130. Bibcode:2019NatSR...913130L. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49562-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6739468. PMID 31511583.
- ^ "Romanian archaeologists uncover medieval skeletons holding hands". io9. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "Romanian archeologists uncover Romeo & Juliet: medieval couple buried together with hands clasped". Romania Insider. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ Worthington, John. "Skeletons of medieval 'Romeo and Juliet' found buried holding hands | Abroad in the Yard". Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- ^ "Skeletons holding hands unearthed in Romania". Archaeology Wiki. 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
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