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Tower of Silence and the Zoroastrians

  • Malabar Hill, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Luoghi religiosi
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Tower of Silence is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead, particularly to scavenging birds for the purposes of excarnation. Zoroastrian exposure of the dead is first attested in the mid-5th century BCE Histories of Herodotus

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