Qilakitsoq
Greenland /
Uummannaq /
World
/ Greenland
/ Uummannaq
/ Uummannaq
World / Greenland / Kitaa
archaeological site, mummy (preserved), Native American
Qilakitsoq is an archæological site in Greenland.
Once an Inuit settlement, it became famous for the discovery of eight mummified bodies in 1972. The bodies were found in an icy tomb and have been dated to about A.D. 1475. Four of these bodies were preserved in very good condition due to being buried under a rock in frigid temperatures with a steady cold breeze always blowing. In essence they remained freeze dried for nearly 500 hundred years.
The mummies in the first grave were piled on top of each other and included three women stacked on top of each other with the body of a boy on top and a well preserved baby on top of them all. A nearby grave contained three more women piled one atop the other.
Once an Inuit settlement, it became famous for the discovery of eight mummified bodies in 1972. The bodies were found in an icy tomb and have been dated to about A.D. 1475. Four of these bodies were preserved in very good condition due to being buried under a rock in frigid temperatures with a steady cold breeze always blowing. In essence they remained freeze dried for nearly 500 hundred years.
The mummies in the first grave were piled on top of each other and included three women stacked on top of each other with the body of a boy on top and a well preserved baby on top of them all. A nearby grave contained three more women piled one atop the other.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilakitsoq
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 70°36'39"N 52°11'5"W
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- Alluttoq Island 109 km
- Diskofjord Qeqertaq 144 km
- Disko Bay 170 km
- Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) Glacier 176 km
- Sanningasoq 399 km
- Ajuitsup Tasia 399 km
- Ferguson 410 km
- Ammalortoq 421 km
- Iluliartôq 426 km
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