Mummies 2 men and women 'tell' unbelievable story about the death on the ice island

4 Eskimo youths who lived in the 1500s became mummies thanks to the special climate of the island of Greenland, keeping the secret of young death to this day.

After more than 9 decades of excavation, modern technology has helped Canadian scientists understand the cause of the deaths of four Greenland island hunters who traveled by kayak in the middle of this icy region 500 years ago . The " mummy " of mummies through modern scanners is unbelievable: they die of . air pollution causing atherosclerosis.

Earlier, scientists from the Milwaukee Center for Advanced Health Care wondered why these four Inuit mummies (also known as Eskimos) showed young deaths due to illness. Although they are determined to have the healthiest diet in the world, the main source of protein is fish, birds, and marine mammals.

One of the mummies - (photo: JAMA Network Open).

The 3D images from the CT scan results show that the inner part is even more surprising: they died of atherosclerosis, the leading cause of death in developed countries, because leading to stroke, myocardial infarction and many other complications. Atherosclerosis today is mainly caused by an unhealthy diet, high in cholesterol.

However, in the blood of hunters who are always healthy, excess cholesterol still forms plaques that clog the vessels, although the abundant Omega-3 from their fish-rich diet is still thought to be Repel atherosclerosis.

Further analysis came as a surprise: they got sick not from eating, but because they had to live constantly in a polluted atmosphere - it was from the fires that they burned regularly to combat the cold and cook. Grilled. Modern studies have also demonstrated that air pollution may be the cause of cardiovascular and metabolic problems.

The image from the CT scan results shows that the fat has surrounded the blood vessels of these young men - (photo: JAMA Network Open).

These 4 mummies have been excavated since 1929. It seems they didn't try to mummify when they died, but the coldness of the island of Greenland turned them into mummies. They include 2 males and 2 females, ages 18-30. They live in huts made of stone and whale bones; hunting on kayaks with spears and bows and arrows; Catch fish, birds, seals . to survive.

The research has just been published in the scientific journal JAMA Network Open.