Mythical Satyr, Now This is STRANGE...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2007-07-22-satyr-salt-man_N.htm?csp=34
Unicorns, giants and fairies, the UFOs of antiquity, have yet to turn up in any archaeologist's overturned shovel. Aside from their frequent appearances on ancient frescoes, statuary and artwork, such fanciful creatures of mythology don't have a clear origin, although some have linked the mermaid to lonely sailors glimpsing dugongs (also known as sea cows) in the distance, and making a giant leap.
But a recent discovery in an Iranian salt mine, suggests one scholar, may shed light on the origins of a famous satyr of antiquity, one so well-known that it merited a visit from the emperor himself. The satyr was a goat-man in Greek legend who danced and frolicked, playing pipes and chasing nymphs all day, living in a woodsy version of the Playboy Mansion.

In June, a man's body, naturally mummified within an ancient salt mine, was found in the Chehr-Abad salt mine outside the Iranian city of Zanjan. Six such discoveries have been made since 1993, according to the Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies (CAIS) foundation based in London. Past salt man finds go back as far as 540 BC, around the time of the ancient Achaemenid dynasty. Archaeologists treasure natural mummy discoveries, such as "Otzi" the ice-entombed man preserved in an Alpine glacier and uncovered in 1991, because preservation of soft tissues, even beards in the case of the salt men, allows for investigation with DNA analysis and other tools of forensics...
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Bonedigger, a few years ago a mummy was discovered in Iran. It was the find of a lifetime because she had a gold mask and regal clothing. It turned out to be a fraud and it was later found out through police work that a recent living woman had been killed to make the mummy. I have my doubts about the satyr unless it is Elvis.

 

Agreed, strange how they only showed the head, but has anyone seen David Lee Roth lately???