Media, Babylon and Persia : including a study of the Zend-Avesta or religion of Zoroaster, from the fall of Nineveh to the Persian war . OF THF DIAMETER ABUUr 70 THE IAVI. il. — A HAKIIMA, OR TOWER OF SILENCE. 127 128 MEDIA, , AND PERSIA. thai only tlial ]i:\iiicular ]iorlicin of the i;ioiiniI ^liall he set apart furthe (lead. . Iron nails arc used.* . . The structureis separated from the adjoininLj c;round l>y diggint; a trench all roumlit, about one foot dee[> and wide. It is evident from the tone of lliis passac^o that theauthor entirely approv
Media, Babylon and Persia : including a study of the Zend-Avesta or religion of Zoroaster, from the fall of Nineveh to the Persian war . OF THF DIAMETER ABUUr 70 THE IAVI. il. — A HAKIIMA, OR TOWER OF SILENCE. 127 128 MEDIA, , AND PERSIA. thai only tlial ]i:\iiicular ]iorlicin of the i;ioiiniI ^liall he set apart furthe (lead. . Iron nails arc used.* . . The structureis separated from the adjoininLj c;round l>y diggint; a trench all roumlit, about one foot dee[> and wide. It is evident from the tone of lliis passac^o that theauthor entirely approves of this i^ecuHar treatmentof the dead. Certain it is that the Iarsis contem-plate it without repulsion for tliemselves, and claimthat it is at all events the most perfect solution ofthe sanitary question—which it undoubtedly is,especially in hot, yet moist, tropical climes. As asolemn reminder of the equality of all men beforethe laws of nature, and an efificient preventive to thevanities of funeral pomp and posthumous distinctions,the custom is also entitled to respect. II. The attempt to carry out the exaggeratednotion of the purity of the elements and the impur-ity of d
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