The 4000-year-old skeletons of an adult who was trying to shield a child from a massive earthquake that struck China in 2000 BCE and triggered massive floods, in an event that is sometimes referred to as ‘China’s Pompeii’. Now located at the Lajia Ruins Museum in northwest China [640×427]
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There’s also another skeleton of an adult shielding a child from the same archaeological site, that i posted it here years ago.
[https://old.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/o2lmhr/the_4000yearold_skeletons_of_a_mother_who_was/](https://old.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/o2lmhr/the_4000yearold_skeletons_of_a_mother_who_was/)
Damn.
Do you think they survived the earthquake?
Odd, even as a skeleton, there’s some kind of sadness and fear in the child’s face. I rationally knows those are just smudges yet I can’t help but feel it.
This one hits different. In their last moments, all a parent wanted was to keep their baby safe.
Heartbreaking. Rip
I used to be an annoying edge lord teenager making stupid dead baby jokes for shock value. I become a parent and now 4000-year-old skeletons send me spiraling.
I can only imagine the fear the child felt. The helplessness of the parent. Truly awful. I hope they found some solace in their final moments.