One of the two Towers of Silence, traditional Zoroastrian burial circles where bodies were left to be eaten by scavenger birds, outside of Yazd, Iran.
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Leisa Tyler / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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2662 x 4000 px | 22.5 x 33.9 cm | 8.9 x 13.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
19 April 2017Location:
Yazd, Iran.More information:
One of the two Towers of Silence, traditional Zoroastrian burial circles where bodies were left to be eaten by scavenger birds, outside of Yazd, Iran. Yazd was a centre for Zoroastrianism during pre-islamic Sassanid times. Known locally as dakhmas, these towers were still in use up until the 1970's. Burials are now illegal due to hygiene reasons.