Excavating a prehistoric skeleton. Archaeological trowel and brush lying next to a human skeleton at the archeological site of the Valdaro Lovers. The

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Excavating a prehistoric skeleton. Archaeological trowel and brush lying next to a human skeleton at the archeological site of the Valdaro Lovers. The Valdaro Lovers is the name given to two embracing neolithic skeletons that are believed to be a man and woman in their early twenties who died about 5000-6000 years ago. Photographed at Valdaro-S. Giorgio, near Mantova (Mantua) in Lombardy, Italy.

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