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Bodies locked in 5,OOO- Year Embrace

Newspaper Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions after reading the Bodies locked in 5,000-Year
Embrace newspaper article. Once completed turn in this handout for a grade!

1. Who is the author of this article?

2. What was the newspaper article date?

3. What is the name of the newspaper this article was found in?

4. How old were the skeletons that were found?

5. What did the skeletons look like they were doing when they died?

6. What city were the skeletons found in?

7. Why was the location of where the skeletons were found important to the star-
crossed tale of “Romeo and Juliet”?
8. How could archaeologist Elena Menotti tell that the couple was young?

9. Why was the double burial so rare?

10. According to Luca Bondioli, why was the Neolithic period such a “formative period
for our society?”

11. What does Elena Menotti believe the burial was?

12. Did Elena Menotti or her team know what it means?

13. Did Elena Menotti find the discovery of the couple to be more emotional or one with
more scientific value? Explain why or why not in at least one sentence.