The excavation of a tomb for one of the deceased with Covid-19 disease in Iran revealed bone remains and artifacts of nearly two thousand years old.
Radio Farda reported that the remains of a soldier's skeleton and other artifacts dating back to the Parthian era (247 BC-224 AD) were found in the tomb that was excavated in a village called Bache and located in the northern Mazandaran province,
The deputy head of the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization in the province, who was present at the funeral, said that the remains were damaged by the drilling machine. These remains include parts of a skeleton, a sword, a quiver, arrows, a dagger and a shield.
The shape of the weapon with the skeleton indicates the Parthian period, he says.
The burial of the dead corona virus in Iran requires drilling three meters deep, and the aforementioned remains were found two and a half meters deep.