Zoroastrians thought that corpses were impure, able to contaminate the nature. That's the reason why they built a Dakhma, a Tower of Silence, a raised structure for dead bodies to be consumed by carrion birds. For the first time, we are ...See moreZoroastrians thought that corpses were impure, able to contaminate the nature. That's the reason why they built a Dakhma, a Tower of Silence, a raised structure for dead bodies to be consumed by carrion birds. For the first time, we are witnesses of a dialogue between two residents of a Tower of Silence.
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