Special exhibit featuring Iranian, German studies on ancient mining opens in Tehran

Saltman No. 5 had tapeworm eggs from the Taenia sp. genus in his system. These were identified during the study of his remains. The find indicates the consumption of raw or undercooked meat, and this is the first case of this parasite in ancient Iran and the earliest evidence of ancient intestinal parasites in the area.

The fifth mummy was dated to 2286 BP, placing them all in the Achaemenid period.

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>parasites have been our enemy for at least 5000 years

>even in a salt mine these people still had parasites

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