Skeletal remains from Tepe Sialk

Tepe Sialk Culture,
Kept in Kashan, Iran

Salt Man I, The Sassanid Mummy

 The "Saltmen" were discovered in the Chehrabad salt mines, located on the southern part of the Hamzehlu village, on the west side of the city ofZanjan, in the Zanjan Province in Iran. Until 2010 the remains of six men has been discovered, most of them has been accidentally killed by collapsing galleries they were working in. The head and left foot of Salt Man 1 are on display at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran.This one most likely belongs to Sassanian period.