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Dakhmeh-ye Zartoshtiyun. Abandoned in the 1960s, these evocative Zoroastrian Towers of Silence are set on two lonely, barren hilltops on the southern outskirts of Yazd. Several buildings used for the ceremonial preparation of bodies dot the site. Afeter the bodies were left to the vultures.

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Dakhmeh-ye Zartoshtiyun. Abandoned in the 1960s, these evocative Zoroastrian Towers of Silence are set on two lonely, barren hilltops on the southern outskirts of Yazd. Several buildings used for the ceremonial preparation of bodies dot the site. Afeter the bodies were left to the vultures.