Editing Mummy (section)

==== Iran ====
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{{Main|Saltmen}}

As of 2012, at least eight mummified human remains have been recovered from the Douzlakh Salt Mine at Chehr Abad in northwestern [[Iran]].<ref name="Aali">{{cite journal |last2=Abar |first2=Aydin |last3=Boenke |first3=Nicole |last4=Pollard |first4=Mark |last5=Rühli |first5=Frank |last1=Aali |first1=Abolfazl |last6=Stöllne |first6=Thomas |title=Ancient salt mining and salt men: the interdisciplinary Chehrabad Douzlakh project in north-western Iran |journal=Antiquity |volume=086 |issue=333 |publisher=Department of Archaeology, Durham University |location=Durham, UK |date=September 2012 |url=http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/aali333/ |access-date=10 November 2013 }}</ref> Due to their salt preservation, these bodies are collectively known as [[Saltmen]].<ref name="Chehr Abad">{{cite journal| title = The Chehr Abad "Salt men" and the isotopic ecology of humans in ancient Iran| journal = American Journal of Physical Anthropology| date = November 2010| pmid = 20949607| doi = 10.1002/ajpa.21314| volume=143| issue=3| pages=343–354| last1 = Ramaroli| first1 = V.| last2 = Hamilton| first2 = J.| last3 = Ditchfield| first3 = P.| last4 = Fazeli| first4 = H.| last5 = Aali| first5 = A.| last6 = Coningham| first6 = R.A.E.| last7 = Pollard| first7 = A.M.}}</ref> [[Carbon-14]] testing conducted in 2008 dated three of the bodies to around 400 BC. Later [[isotope|isotopic]] research on the other mummies returned similar dates, however, many of these individuals were found to be from a region that is not closely associated with the mine. It was during this time that researchers determined the mine suffered a major collapse, which likely caused the death of the miners.<ref name="Aali" /> Since there is significant archaeological data that indicates the area was not actively inhabited during this time period, current consensus holds that the accident occurred during a brief period of temporary mining activity.<ref name="Aali" />