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Greenland Mummies (Time Travelers)

Janet Buell

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Description:Greenland is the largest island in the world. Most of it lies above the Arctic Circle. For centuries, this frozen land has been the home of the Inuit-- people once known to outsiders as Eskimos.In October 1972, two bird hunters discovered a gravesite covered with stones. They found it near a long-abandoned ancient Arctic settlement at Qilakitsoq in Greenland. The most exciting thing was what they found in the burial chambers-- eight beautifully preserved mummies fully clothed in parkas, burial furs, and animal-skin boots. Five years later the Greenland Museum realized the importance of the gravesite and investigated it.This book follows the methods the team from the museum used to determine that the mummies were five hundred years old, why they were so well preserved, and the significance of the artifacts buried with them. Learn how centuries later, the Inuit still retained similar beliefs and followed many of the same ways of doing things to survive in the Arctic.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Greenland Mummies (Time Travelers). To get started finding Greenland Mummies (Time Travelers), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Greenland is the largest island in the world. Most of it lies above the Arctic Circle. For centuries, this frozen land has been the home of the Inuit-- people once known to outsiders as Eskimos.In October 1972, two bird hunters discovered a gravesite covered with stones. They found it near a long-abandoned ancient Arctic settlement at Qilakitsoq in Greenland. The most exciting thing was what they found in the burial chambers-- eight beautifully preserved mummies fully clothed in parkas, burial furs, and animal-skin boots. Five years later the Greenland Museum realized the importance of the gravesite and investigated it.This book follows the methods the team from the museum used to determine that the mummies were five hundred years old, why they were so well preserved, and the significance of the artifacts buried with them. Learn how centuries later, the Inuit still retained similar beliefs and followed many of the same ways of doing things to survive in the Arctic.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Greenland Mummies (Time Travelers). To get started finding Greenland Mummies (Time Travelers), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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