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Multi-periodSite Name: Chehr-Abad Salt Mine Alternative Name: Chehr-Ābād Salt Mine Chehr Abad Chehrabad Salt ManCountry: Iran
NOTE: This site is 74.595 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Zanjan City
Latitude: 36.774723N Longitude: 48.359165E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Zanjan province, Iran
Six mummified salt men dating back to Achaemenid (550-330 BC) and Sassanian (224-651 AD) dynastic eras have been unearthed so far in the Chehr Abad historic salt mine.
The first discovery of salt men and their belongings in Chehr Abad mine of Zanjan province was made accidentally by the miners in 1993. They are among rare mummies discovered around the world that are mummified as a result of natural conditions.
What has made these discovered salt men distinguished in the world is that most parts of them have remained almost intact due to have been buried in salt for centuries. Samples of these salt men were sent to Oxford and Cambridge universities to implement genetics studies and DNA analysis.
For more on the Salt Men see our other reports here.
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