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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. After the bodies were left to the vultures.

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Iran – Yazd and Kashan, two caravan cities between Zoroaster the Biblical Magi on the Silk Road
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. After the bodies were left to the vultures.
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