Halls Carved from White Salt

Six chambers carved from white salt lie inside brown earth studded with ammonites, shells and fish skeletons. Top left, three people lean over a table holding a clay impression. Next is a portrait gallery where a sculptor works on a small bust before a salt-carved queen, while an old bearded man and a woman in robes talk nearby. At top right a man and woman study a glass model of a landscape and a huge handwritten book. Bottom left, a bearded scholar draws a map by an orange salt lamp beside treasure chests. The central hall has columns, seahorse statues and a carved wave, where two sculptors chisel a giant salt turtle. At bottom right a cook chops greens under hanging herbs and copper pots. Each rounded cave sits like a separate piece in its soil frame.