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A team of German and British scientists is slated to visit Iran in May to assess the amount of damage inflicted on the Chehrabad saltmen. “The team will carry out DNA tests, and perform CT scans and surgery,” said head of Iran’s Archeology Research Center, Hassan Fazeli Nashli.
Iranian experts had expressed their concern about the critical condition of the saltmen, earlier this month, saying that the mummies were kept under non-standard circumstances.

“The studies are also expected to reveal the saltmen’s diet and the last food they ate before their death,” said Fazeli Nashli.
Located in the northwestern province of Zanjan, the historical Chehrabad salt mine has yielded six saltmen over the past decade.
Five salt mummies are kept at Iran’s National Museum and Zanjan’s Archaeology Museum, while the sixth one has been left untouched since a snowstorm hit its resting place in 2008.
The third, fourth and the fifth salt mummies date back to the Achaemenid era and the sixth one belongs to either the Parthian or the Sassanid era.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis accompanied by a team of cinematic figures will be holding seminars at Tehran’s House of Cinema on Sunday Feb 29 and Tuesday March 3rd. The seminars are organized to provide educational programs for members of the House of Cinema in the various fields of directing, screenwriting, acting, producing, marketing and film distributing, reported the House of Cinema’s Public Relations Office on Friday.

Members of the Board of Governors of the Academy actress Annette Bening and William Horberg, the producer of “Cold Mountain” are also among the invited guests. Actress Alfre Woodard “Follow Me Home” (1996), Special Events Programmer and Exhibitions Curator Ellen Harrington, as well as Tom Pollock, the former Universal Pictures chairman, will also be attending the seminars.

The Managing Director of the House of Cinema Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpur as saying that the guests will also be attending joint sessions of the House of Cinema with organizers of the annual Iran Cinema Celebration. They will also be visiting the Film Museum of Iran, a college of cinema, and several cinematic locations.

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