Saltman2
The Saltmen (, mardān-e namakī) are the preserved remains of multiple human individuals that were discovered in the Chehrabad salt mines, located on the southern part of the Hamzehlu village, on the west side of the city of Zanjan (city), Zanjan, in the Zanjan Province in Iran. By 2010, the remains of six men had been discovered, most of them accidentally killed by the collapse of galleries in which they were working. The head and left foot of Salt Man 1 are on display at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran. Discovery In the winter of 1993, miners came across a body with long hair, a beard and some artifact (archaeology), artifacts. These included the remains of a body, a lower leg inside a leather boot, three iron knives, a woollen half trouser, a silver Sewing needle, needle, a sling (weapon), sling, parts of a leather rope, a grindstone, a walnut, some pottery sherds, some patterned textile fragments, and a few broken bones. The body had been buried in the middle of a tu ...
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