Zanjan Museum houses Iran's salt men
Wed, 14 May 2008 22:57:35 GMT
The Zanjan Archaeology Museum has housed four of the salt men discovered in the Chehrabad Salt Mine located in northwestern Iran.
Iranian archeologists have unearthed six salt men over the past decade, the first of which is housed at Iran's National Museum.
The sixth salt mummy has been left untouched since a snowstorm hit its resting place earlier this year. The fourth Salt Man, placed in the Zanjan Archaeology Museum is in better condition.
Archeologists say the fourth salt man died during the Parthian era at the age of 15 or 16, while the first one died during the Sassanid dynasty when he was between 35 and 40 years old.
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