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Hallstatt Salt Mines
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Austria
Visited: Yes on 15th Feb 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Hallstatt Salt Mines submitted by Harald_Platta on 19th Sep 2016. Reconstructed part of the "Chamber of Hearts" of the Hallstatt Salt Mine, which can be seen in the Vienna Natural History Museum. During the Iron Age, large tablets of salt were cut in heart shape. The traces can still be seen in the wall and ceiling of the chamber.
The salt mines in Hallstatt (Austria) are the oldest known salt mines in the world. Parts of the below ground mines are 3500 years old. Upper-day finds from Salzberg mountain suggest that the salt production in Hallstatt is eve...
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Log Text: Great site. Was surreal walking in this place.
Museum Hallstatt
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: Austria
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2020. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Museum Hallstatt submitted by Creative Commons on 21st Sep 2017. The museum is situated in Hallstatt (Austria). It displays finds from the 7000 year old Hallstatt salt mines and the Celtic Hallstatt barrow cemetery.
By Gunnar Richter Namenlos.net (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Log Text: Lots of great artifacts.
Hallstatt-Dachstein
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Austria
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Hallstatt-Dachstein submitted by Harald_Platta on 17th Sep 2016. Picture of the finds from graves No. 101 and 102 of the Hallstatt cemetery (ca. 600-400 BC).
Many older burials were destroyed by younger graves, because of the high density of graves. This is also the case with the inhumation graves of these two adult women, which were discovered in 2013. While only parts of the older burial have been preserved, the younger burial is complete with rich grave goods, including 500 amber pearls.
The picture was taken in the Vienna Museum of Natural History...
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Log Text: Was buried under snow,