Revealing the secret of a 1,500-year-old common grave, a love story that transcends life and death

The excavation of a 1,500-year-old joint tomb in China has stunned archaeologists by uncovering evidence of a love that transcends time.

While excavating in Datong City, Shaanxi Province, China, experts from the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology unexpectedly found a strange tomb. Photo: @Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

It was a communal grave, containing two skeletons lying strangely side by side. Photo: @Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

This communal tomb is estimated to date back to the Northern Wei Dynasty (circa 386 to 534 AD). Photo: @Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

On the left is a male skeleton with one arm stretched out, hugging the abdomen of a female skeleton next to it. Photo: @Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

The woman's face is pressed against the man's shoulder, her left hand is placed on the man's waist; on the woman's ring finger is a simple silver ring. Photo: @Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

According to experts, this man and woman were buried together and in this position to show their undying love. Photo: @Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

Two nearly complete skeletons embracing each other are a “remarkable discovery ”, as they offer a rare glimpse into the cultural view of love in China during the Northern Wei Dynasty. Photo: @Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

This is also believed to be the first communal grave of its kind found in China. Photo: @Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

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