Iran: Preservation Techniques for “Salt Men” to Be Upgraded
Iran plans to improve preservation efforts for its ancient salt men.
The first step has been taken by making cases for four of them being kept at Zanjan’s Zolfaqari Museum in a critical condition.
Six salt men, known as Iranian mummies, were discovered over the past 12 years at the Chehrabad Salt Mine around a place, which is surmised to be a collapsed tunnel built by the Achaemenids and was also in use during the Sassanid era.
The salt mine is located in the Hamzehlu region near Zanjan.
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The first step has been taken by making cases for four of them being kept at Zanjan’s Zolfaqari Museum in a critical condition.
Six salt men, known as Iranian mummies, were discovered over the past 12 years at the Chehrabad Salt Mine around a place, which is surmised to be a collapsed tunnel built by the Achaemenids and was also in use during the Sassanid era.
The salt mine is located in the Hamzehlu region near Zanjan.