Original Saltman Mummy

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by Haleh Brooks
published on 06 August 2014

Original Saltman Mummy — The original Saltman, the first of six well-preserved bodies found in a salt mine near Zanjan, Iran. This man lived c. 1750 years ago, and his mummy was discovered by miners in 1994.

National Museum of Iran, Tehran.

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Original Saltman Mummy

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