Yazd, Dakhmeh-ye Zartoshtiyun, Zoroastrian Towers Of Silence Outside The City
Located in the center of Iran, Yazd Province (Ostān-e Yazd) has an area of 131,575 km² and a population of approximately 1 million. It is situated at an oasis where the Dasht-e Kavir desert and the Dasht-e Lut desert meet. The city of Yazd itself is sometimes called "the bride of the Kavir" because of its location, in a valley between Shir Kuh, the tallest mountain in the region at 4,075 m above sea level, and Kharaneq. Dakhmeh-ye Zartoshtiyun Zoroastrian Towers of Silence are located on to barren hilltops on the southern outskirts of the city. Until the 1960s, the circular raised structures were used for excarnation – that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds.
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Location: Yazd, Iran
Photo credit: © François-Olivier Dommergues / Alamy / Afripics
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