Eight mummies (dated A.D. 1475) were found in Qllakitsoq, Greenland

Early tattooed finds. In 1972 eight mummies (dated A.D. 1475) were found in Qllakitsoq, Greenland – and five of the six adult women and two children had blue and black tattoo marks on their face’s.

These tattooed marks consisting of lines arched over the eyes – dots on the foreheads and lines on the cheeks and beneath the chins – Three of the mummies and one of the children – thought to be the ancestors of the modern day Inuit (Eskimo) people can be seen in the ‘Greenland National Museum’ in Nuuk (Greenland’s capital).

Copyright…Paul Sayce.

Posted on 15th April 2009