A tower of silence
Sightseeing in Iran picture - That's where the zoroiastrian dead bodies were exposed to vultures and after decomposition of the flesh the remaining bones were thrown in a stone well caved deep into the hill.
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Islamic Persia!!!
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Mohammad Rostami
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That's where the zoroiastrian dead bodies were exposed to vultures and after decomposition of the flesh the remaining bones were thrown in a stone well caved deep into the hill.
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