Zoroastrian Towers of Silence in Yazd

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Carole Raddato
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The Towers of Silence were used in Zoroastrianism. In the Zoroastrian tradition, corpses were left out exposed to the elements on structures commonly called Towers of Silence to prevent them from being contaminated by demons. Once the body had been picked clean by various scavengers, the bones were interred.

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2021, November 02). Zoroastrian Towers of Silence in Yazd. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14781/zoroastrian-towers-of-silence-in-yazd/

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