Qilakitsoq

Qilakitsoq (Greenlandic for 'that which has very little sky') is an archaeological site on Greenland's Nuussuaq Peninsula near Uummannaq, famous for the 1972 discovery of eight naturally mummified Inuit bodies dated to approximately 1475 AD. Found by hunters Hans and Jokum Gronvold in two graves a metre apart, the corpses were stacked with animal hide layers between them and freeze-dried by Arctic conditions. The mummies -- all women and children -- are the best-preserved human remains found in North America, retaining skin, hair, tattoos, and intestinal contents showing a diet of 75% marine products. Four of the mummies are now displayed at the Greenland National Museum in Nuuk.