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Qilakitsoq is an archaeological site in Greenland, formally a settlement, it is famous for the discovery of eight mummified bodies in 1972. The bodies were found in an icy tomb and date to the 15th century AD. These bodies were preserved in extremely well condition due to being buried under a rock in cold temperatures with a steady cold breeze always blowing. In essence they were freeze dried.

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