Mystery of the 2,500-Year-Old Saltmen Mummies Finally Solved

[@canavanibus]

Crazy being a salt miner and finding a fellow salt miner preserved from antiquity. What other profession runs that risk? Thanks for sharing.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Good point

[@tinknal6449]

Well, it's happened to a few arctic explorers as well.

[@HubertofLiege]

Politicians routinely walk over dead bodies as they ascend the ladder of success

[@roykey3422]

Congress. There's lots of people in congress that are almost mummies and they still won't quit.

[@jerryriggs5922]

You all really need to pitch in and buy him a gold retirement watch.

[@1337fraggzb00N]

"See? It's totally safe." 2200 years later...

[@jamessoucy3740]

Thank you for your service salt-people!

[@DonKeecocked]

Salt-MEN. MEN. now women. MEN.

[@jamessoucy3740]

@@DonKeecocked If 1000 men were walking down the street and I said 'check out all those people'; would you yell at me? See, I couldn't actually look at all 1000 of them to determine if they were all men or not and so it makes it easier for conversation to say 'people'. Now, do we know for a fact that not one woman ever went into the mines to get salt? Just food for thought.....

[@teresaoconnell4790]

That is a well made boot! I also like to see ancient textiles.

[@mimikay3224]

In fact the boot and the bones in it doesn't belong to the head of so called Saltman I

[@98Zai]

Also look at those pants, they look like jeans fabric or even courduroy. When I saw them I thought they were from the 19th century. I had to double check the title and I can hardly believe it.

[@everdinestenger1548]

In a museum on the Isle of Mann visitors could feel 16-17th century fabrics such as wool, linnen and they were horrible, the wool was hard and very prickly and the linnen was tough and hard. The fabrics were made the same way as at the time.

[@mimikay3224]

@@everdinestenger1548 the fabrics found in Cherabad and Hallstatt (Austria) are very high quality. So maybe the people of the Isle of Man lack(ed) skill

[@everdinestenger1548]

@@mimikay3224 Perhaps or they were just bad copies

[@AFloridaSon]

This is very well done. And very educational. Thanks.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chompachangas]

Dude was running around in Daisy Dukes (no shame, just saying). Honestly though, I got a good look at that boot. It looks like it was made by a cobbler who really knew what they were doing. It's impressive. That boot almost looks like it's in good enough shape to wear, if we could find its mate.

[@myriamickx7969]

My thought exactly! Splendid boot, looks like it was made yesterday.

[@Meipmeep]

Mines can be very hot

[@Tugela60]

You don't?

[@pepsiyummie1]

Hey…don’t judge. Trends come and trends go. 😂

[@pepsiyummie1]

The boots are still in style!

[@misterolivista]

Thank you for a very informative video!

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Thanks for watching!

[@larryg.9187]

... Wow ! Just, wow ! Incredible preserved finds ! ...

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Indeed!

[@CaptchaNeon]

7:39 It’s fascinating to see the hair color and texture but even more fascinating to see the eyes. It shows far more than Egyptian mummies

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Indeed!

[@clemdane]

That's a nice boot!

[@AldousHuxley7]

He had money for sure

[@jerryriggs5922]

... way more interesting to see the woman's booty.

[@userbosco]

The head in the glass thingy immediately reminded me of the scene in Silence of the Lambs when Clarice finds the head in the jar. Yikes. Poor old guy.

[@witchfindergeneral13]

Benjamin Raspail

[@alanatolstad4824]

For me, it was the brother's head in the jar in the Antonio Banderas movie ZORRO.

[@myriamickx7969]

He looks like Santa Claus’s grandfather.

[@venomousgas3300]

@@alanatolstad4824 For me.. it was Joaquin Murrieta's REAL head in a jar...

[@lifeisa.smalllesson333]

When I was a kid, back east, there was an old red brick building in town and in the basement was a sort of museum. There were dozens of preserved human body parts in jars. I used to look at it all and think the people behind it must have been sick in their heads. Lol

[@danielrowsey7667]

Thank you for the detailed video. I’m familiar with these individuals but not with the details behind them. I would like to see maybe a facial reconstruction on these people. I’m curious what their phenotypes are.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Great suggestion!

[@EKA201-j7f]

First I have heard of this find. The old man wasn't really poor, his goods and clothing evidence of that.

[@sandrawilkinson3782]

Me to. 😅. Next may be, jungle man, or desert man ....😅... It's amazing either way. I think they need to dig deeper to find more human remains from our possible beginning as a species ..😅. But, I don't know I'm not a scientist. But I like to think about this topic....

[@eucliduschaumeau8813]

This is an astonishing find. There are many earthquakes in this area, so some or most of them may have been killed where they stood by falling rock and debris. Salt is a very powerful preservative. The man with the deluxe boot and beard is the best.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Good observation.

[@Sherry-v2r]

An informative and interesting video, thanks.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Our pleasure!

[@col.cottonhill6655]

I keep hearing Buzz from Home Alone "the salt turns the bodies into mummies!"

[@MegaTinaj]

Thank you 🙏 I have never heard of these mummified people, I will definitely research some more, fascinating ❤️ from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Phuc_Yuu]

Imagine 2000 years from now they will be digging up the bodies on Mt. Everest. It will be an archeological gold mine in the future

[@johnthefinn]

I saw one of these mummies in the national museum in Tehran a few years ago. Judging by the smell, he won't be preserved much longer.

[@mimikay3224]

I can assure you they know what they do and the mummys are totally fine. Our iranian colleagues are very good scientists

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Thank you for a most informative video.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Our pleasure!

[@harrybarnhill8029]

Im sure they were highly skilled and valuable workers, contributing to the wealth of their society

[@patyoung5330]

Great information. Thanks!

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thehandlesticks66]

millennia later we realize why OSHA exists now lol

[@Will-ll4gv]

Do you think his hair was white when he died or did that occur after death.

[@tinknal6449]

I wondered that as well, I was hoping they would yell his age.

[@christopherjahn2044]

Hair color does not change after death.

[@codename495]

@@christopherjahn2044unless the environment was alkaline and bleached the hair over time.

[@christopherjahn2044]

@@codename495 salt is not alkaline, so that seems unlikely.

[@animaanimus8011]

@@codename495hair bleaching in those conditions usually turn the hair yellow, not white

[@CITADEL5]

I can't believe it! You found Uncle Fred!!! I hope he's OK?

[@SwampyColorado420]

That's incredible.

[@GavTatu]

a hard blow before death........ sigh, what a way to go !

[@MissLibertarian]

Salt was also money. Honest money is always a commodity that can be valued by weight or other uniform physical trait. Gold and silver are preferred over time because they don’t dissolve, and salt is (given modern transportation and harvest) not rare. All three are on the Table of Elements and have uses beyond just spending as money that prevent them from going to zero in the global market, but silver supply takes longest to replenish.

Which is where the word salary comes from.

[@Tugela60]

Really? Take some salt to your local store and see how much it buys you.

[@MissLibertarian]

@@Tugela60 It isn't used as money, today, but in barter it is necessary to survival and life, so in many situations it can save a life, preserve food, or simply make it taste better. As far as I know, all mammals need salt to live. I can well imagine someone bartering a bitcoin or check for a teaspoon of salt. I said "Salt was also money." It was, when the people who valued it most had to travel great distances to get some, or it took them lots of time to harvest. One can imagine how much easier it was to trade salt for sugar or some eggs, instead of traveling to a salt mine or seaside many days away to get it. Gold and silver are in the same category, but they don't dissolve or decay easily, and they are more compact. Today, we have aluminum and plastic to replace their use in products requiring maleable or shiny metals, but they're still better conductors of electricity than copper, and they still give out gold medals, so culturally, people recognize their value.

[@Tugela60]

@@MissLibertarian Salt was valuable, but it was not that valuable. People who describe it as being as valuable as gold are talking BS.

[@MissLibertarian]

@@Tugela60 Who is doing that? What did I say that makes you think I need to know that? Are you sure you're responding to the right comments? I've never heard anyone say salt was as valuable as gold (for one thing, are talking pound for pound, ounce for ounce?) Obviously not. But people do point out there are times when a sandwich is more desired than an ounce of gold. That's always true. Currency is what you'd part with to buy something else. Gold can be both something you spend and something you save (because it's good for savings).

[@hoyboys1000]

Amazing!

[@DiscoveryFuture]

You are!

[@puppylove3344]

I am sure that those that buried their loved ones ages ago, did not want them dug up and/or robbed/removed.

[@jnharton]

These guys weren't intentionally buried, just killed by an unfortunately timed collapse in a salt time. That said, I'd personally be content with some good photos of the discovery and reburying them elsewhere.

[@Tugela60]

They weren't buried, the died in a collapse.

[@SteveV2023]

Did you not watch the video?

[@laurenturner3578]

​@@SteveV2023probably not. I think there are some people who go around putting pretty much the same comment on every single archeological video. 😵‍💫

[@ChristopherDunlap-t1s]

Now I know why my salt taste a little funky 🤣

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Haha!

[@ChristopherDunlap-t1s]

@@DiscoveryFuture wasn't it taught the best way to preserve meat was to pack it with salt. He packed his self 🤣

[@Amen6magi]

Not funny

[@SteveV2023]

Anyone else see the large profile of a mans head @1:35? Its a large rock that looks very much like a mans profile on the left side of the screen.

[@drexyspivey]

If we’re talking about the same thing, it looks more like a dog’s profile to me. A dog with a shorter snout.

[@SteveV2023]

@drexyspivey possibly, if you were standing there, it would probably be 7-8' tall.....maybe?? Hard to tell. Wish I could post a pic!

[@johndewey6358]

Did they perform any Genetic research on these mummies? It would be interesting to know their Genetic history since mahority of Iranians are not native to the current land of Iran and they had migrated from Europe (from the Pontic Steppes where today is Ukraine and Russia and they ae fighting over it) to Iran.

[@nellinightshade3358]

Would the DNA have been corrupted?

[@johndewey6358]

@@nellinightshade3358 I do not think so. Not long ago they extracted DNA from a tooth of neanderthal from 45000 years found in a cave in Iran. These remains being preserved by natural salts, I bet there is a good chance that it is all there, just not sure if they need to transport it to Germany to retrieve them. These will be exciting findings for mankind, as it might further clarify the Aryan tribes migrations that have become more clear since the 2023 findings.

[@jnharton]

Just because a significant in-migration occurred doesn't mean the people there today are unrelated to the ones living there back then. Native literally just means you were born there, which means that most people living in the US today are "native americans" (note the lowercase letters). So far as we know, no group of humans just spawned out of the dirt. That means they must have come there from somewhere else first, even if both their previous location and the route taken to arrive at the current one is unknown.

[@regulardadhere8832]

@@jnhartonI’m afraid of Americans

[@benwinter2420]

Salt is vital that electrolyte . . severe cramps when low

[@artapothecary53]

It is not so hard to imagine laborers being skilled and wearing textiles. Perhaps contrary to biases, even modern laborers wear textiles, have tools, occasionally wear gold, and definitely are skilled.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

That is an interesting perspective.

[@susangirardi3655]

I wanted to hear about the woman they found.

[@debs_boho_jungle]

I would like to hear about her as well.

[@ETAisNOW]

I would like to take the time to point out it’s women saying they wanted to hear about women hahaha

[@susangirardi3655]

@@ETAisNOW because we're sick of being unnoticed.

[@ETAisNOW]

@@susangirardi3655 I notice women all the time, so does my work crew.

[@susangirardi3655]

@ETAisNOW yeah. I know how Neanderthals notice.

[@alanatolstad4824]

Makes me think of all the coal mine accident in the US & UK.

[@johnmay6090]

Interesting video. Cheers.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@conqueringlion420]

You hear that Cody Lundin, 2,500 yr old leather shoes

[@mikef.1000]

Fascinating. But the long bow drawn from tapeworm eggs to not having enough time to properly prepare the food, is typical of the speculation of so much of this sort of commentary. There are many, many reasons known today for contracting tapeworms (you don't even have to eat the meat), that it's virtually impossible to draw any sort of likely conclusion about lifestyles.

[@SabinBabblatchu]

“But there exists another kind of Mummy… My Mummy.”

[@frankjoseph4273]

Pretty good mummies to gawk at

[@Amen6magi]

Achaemenid band slavery. they are just village people live around slave don't have boot👢(not safety sandals) or eat meat for food.or have knife 🗡

[@jesseallan3886]

Maybe miners were paid well back then. I know that miners in Australia today earn a lot of money.

[@anthonyf4439]

Nice boots.

[@DiscoveryFuture]

They are!

[@WilliamWalls-r6u]

Artificially preserved?

[@WayneAndrews-oo2mw]

Maybe bury the bodies this isnt a freak show these were people.

[@ChalNjurshEp]

Agreed 😮😢

[@nc2933]

Oh shut up. Its educational.

[@WayneAndrews-oo2mw]

@@nc2933 You know they could have just had pictures of them and given them a burial der

[@nc2933]

@@WayneAndrews-oo2mw that would make for a great fucking museum wouldn't it?

[@jnharton]

You do realize that lots of people don't give a flying fuck digging up 1000+ year old remains, right? I'd prefer that we didn't put them in a museum, but that doesn't change everyone else's views.

[@lilythomas869]

That's where the word salary comes from

[@GarySpeight-cv5sw]

Virtually the exact land area as Alexander the Great conquered.

[@rynait]

what was the "mystery"? your title says mystery. that is not a mystery. death of salt miners under mine collapse.

[@myriamickx7969]

And it's an area where earthquakes are frequent.

[@veridicusmaximus6010]

Would like to see the DNA results.

[@Amen6magi]

8:06 His hair looks like an ancient persian look blond 👱‍♂️

[@RjBenjamin353]

Mystery solved. It turned out to be Paul Williams

[@robinsymonds5353]

Coal miners?😢

[@tjross1313]

Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather? Is that you?

[@timdonnelly8392]

He is Indeed one salty Chap!

[@pieinthesky4106]

Canceled mining license. No good act (reporting what they found) goes unpunished.

[@mcgoon8027]

I was just talking to a buddy about this sort of thing. So if you go duck hunting, there’s some ducks that look very similar to the ones that you can hunt and if you accidentally shoot one of those you are supposed to report it so they can record that species habits, and location and then they hook you up with a big ass fine. Why would somebody want to report themselves just to get a fine? This kinda system probably keeps lots of important things from being reported

[@tinknal6449]

It was 13 years later and salt is cheap now with massive and far more productive mines.

[@gjheintzman]

Weren't earrings indicative of being owned as a servant/slave?

[@LonesomeDove-dn8dk]

Not many slaves got to deck out with gold.

[@Amen6magi]

Slave don't have those clothes and dont eat meat for food

[@laupernut]

He was the original salty one

[@SatireFun]

What about their DNA

[@hello15848]

They could easily have disposed of the bodies in the salt mine. There's always been a saying about salt mines and bodies.

[@lilythomas869]

They were paid with salt

[@ForbiddenHistoryLIVE]

THANK YOU Peace & Enlyghtenment Alwayz A Micah Hill Dezert-Owl Search Name

[@danielwallace1653]

no mummys inthe pyramids!!

[@pricklypear7516]

"No, man, I LIKE my meat raw! It's called the Paleo Diet. It's what our ancestors ate, you know."

[@tinknal6449]

Yes, it could very well have just been preference.

[@johndewey6358]

And our ancestors most likely had the diseases that passed on to them from other animals. I think you should view tape worms and other passed on pathogens under microscope to be better informed.

[@nc2933]

This is the gospel according to the liver King.

[@jnharton]

And they probably got nasty tapeworm infestations too.

[@RlsIII-uz1kl]

What was the brand of the shorts/undees? So when will we clone one of these ancient individuals? Imagine knowing that you lived in an ancient past (identical genetically speaking).

[@ltlwlwl5057]

❤❤❤

[@brushbros]

Salt has not ever been a condiment, it was used to preserve food, thus its great value.

[@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw]

It was used for both

[@jayytee8062]

Whoa there dumb dumb

[@LuisaD93]

And to preserve mummies way back when by dehydration.

[@Tugela60]

No, it was used for cooking. Salt is an essential part of a diet.

[@JohnMunro-l5f]

Wow, accurate dating without ridiculous millions of years' lies.

[@allangibson8494]

Dating back millions of years is easy using uranium decay products…

[@LonesomeDove-dn8dk]

Wow, it's like you think the world is only 6000 years old. Where's your accurate dating to account for that?

[@didierdenice7456]

❤ 👍

[@pauljurgen-romrig9616]

Just to say that, when I hear the word Mummy, my mind immediately thinks of Egypt and pyramids. It’s never once wondered there.

[@DanKindle]

You just showed a snowy field as salt?

[@eternalspring1034]

People jerky. Pass.

[@pogmothoin1342]

Most common name for these saltmen is PETER

[@ltlwlwl5057]

😄😄😄

[@peterlandbo2726]

Obviously, we are looking at the remains of Richard Branson of Virgin fame

[@DiscoveryFuture]

Haha!

[@ChalNjurshEp]

@@DiscoveryFutureomg yes 😂😂😂

[@Tugela60]

Aren't they concerned about these heathens rising from the dead and eating people?

[@kingofmfgreens]

The old man still has child support

[@deannamassey]

Not everyone's mind . fortunately we are all different.The day will come when commenters will actually do their jobs correctly and realize we're all different.Crap😢

[@clayz1]

Hair and nails will grow some, after death. I don't think he undertook to bleach his hair with hydrogen peroxide afterward though.😊

[@ChalNjurshEp]

Hair and nails DONT keep growing. The skin recedes. Don’t misinform, please 😊

[@clayz1]

@@ChalNjurshEp No argument.

[@sonofherne]

The salt would have stripped out the melanin in his hair.

[@blueabattoir]

It’s an alien!

[@blueabattoir]

Or a bigfoot.

[@elvulch2710]

Were the miners slaves?

[@MeatHarmonica]

Most likely

[@puzzled012]

​@@MeatHarmonicayou say that based on what? the fact that slavery was rare in that part of world?!

[@Amen6magi]

No.they are just village people live around slave don't have boot or eat meat for food

[@elvulch2710]

@@Amen6magi huh?

[@kimabrams97]

Mmm jerky

[@ONIYAUTJA]

Is that Donald trump?

[@Darla-z7n]

Too much hair😂

[@billwilson2160]

GET HELP

[@ONIYAUTJA]

@@billwilson2160 nah.

[@ONIYAUTJA]

@@Darla-z7n HA! -Skeletor

[@ONIYAUTJA]

@@billwilson2160 Nah!

[@hendryde-lux4287]

You do realise that's snow and not salt at 0:45?

[@DiscoveryFuture]

That is the Halite crystal from the Douzlakh salt mine that is famous for its rich and pure rock salt deposits. news.rub.de/english/2018-10-17-archaeology-buried-salt-centuries

[@nellinightshade3358]

So? It's white!!

[@edwardcharlesworth9679]

Sir. This is obviously cocaine.

[@hendryde-lux4287]

@@DiscoveryFuture Covering miles of ploughed and grass fields, trees, roads and the rooves of buildings? Are you sure?

[@Earthdweller1958]

BCE and CE.

[@puzzled012]

and what event defines BCE and CE? you wokesters are the worst!

[@chriscreek8577]

deception t.v...how did they get the AGE right..did the mummy have an I.D..and birth certificate also....everythings a LIE in this realm