Ambassadors Contest Entry The Lovers of Valdaro This is an imagined story behind the recently excavated skeletal remains of two lovers in Valdaro, Italy. They were pulled out of the ground and were seemingly two young adults who died together, locked in embrace 6,000 years ago. Accordingly, the couple's cause of death is still unknown. The contest requisite: A 1000 word, short story based on the Major Arcana of the Tarot Card. This story portrays the dead couple as The Lovers of the Tarot Card and the girl as Death in later part of her life.