 | Greenland Mummies Subjects: Qilakitsoq Site (Greenland); Qilakitsoq (Greenland) -- Antiquities; Inuit -- Greenland -- Qilakitsoq -- Antiquities; Mummies -- Greenland -- Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greenland -- Qilakitsoq; In 1972, two brothers on a hunting expedition in Greenland, 450 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, discovered the graves of six women and two children who had died more than 500 years ago. They had been buried in the traditional Inuit way, dressed in warm clothing and provided with the goods needed for their journey to the Land of the Dead. A combination of low ground temperature and dry air preserved their bodies and their clothing in excellent condition, making the Greenland mummies the oldest and most significant archaeological discovery in the Arctic. |
