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Silence tower vultures Stock Photos and Images
RMKRR3M8–A Parsee or Parsi tower of silence aka Dakhma, Bombay, India. A raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation – that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds, usually vultures. From The Wonders of the World, published c.1920.
RMC04X3G–Vultures Perch on the Tower or Towers of Silence, a Zoroastrian Crematorium or Cemetery, Bombay Mumbai, India c1880
RMCC2R26–A Zoroastrian Tower of Silence outside Yazd in Iran where corpses lay uncovered to be picked clean by vultures in 'sky burials'.
RM2DTP4JB–Vintage 19th century photograph - Parsee / Parsi Tower of Silence, Bombay (Mimbai) India by Samual Bourne, 1860's. A dakhma, also known as the Tower of Silence, is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation – that is, for dead bodies to be exposed to carrion birds, usually vultures.
RMF7C3J5–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RMW94175–The tower of silence, vultures are seen after a sky burial in Sertar county, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest Chinas Sichuan Province, 7
RM2H44463–Bombay (Mumbai): a Parsee (Parsi) 'Tower of silence' where the bodies of the dead are exposed to vultures. Photograph.
RM2ARAKM4–Silence towers on the outskirts of the desert city of Yazd in Iran, taken on November 17, 2017. Zarathustrians who had died until 1960 were kept here, so that the vultures cleaned the bones of the meat. The bones were then collected in the center of the towers. Yazd is one of the oldest cities in Iran with a population of around 650,000 people. The old town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. | usage worldwide
RMCC2PYD–Zoroastrian Towers of Silence outside Yazd in Iran where corpses lay uncovered to be picked clean by vultures in 'sky burials'.
RMF7C32G–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RM2M19MEM–'Tower of Silence,' Bombay, India , Funerary facilities, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Vultures, Gardens
RM2ARANGA–Silence towers on the outskirts of the desert city of Yazd in Iran, taken on November 17, 2017. Zarathustrians who had died until 1960 were kept here, so that the vultures cleaned the bones of the meat. The bones were then collected in the center of the towers. Yazd is one of the oldest cities in Iran with a population of around 650,000 people. The old town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. | usage worldwide
RMCC2R0P–A pavilion where bodies were laid out before being taken to a Zoroastrian Tower of Silence near Yazd in Iran for a 'sky burial'.
RMF7C37Y–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RM2ARANJW–Silence towers on the outskirts of the desert city of Yazd in Iran, taken on November 17, 2017. Zarathustrians who had died until 1960 were kept here, so that the vultures cleaned the bones of the meat. The bones were then collected in the center of the towers. Yazd is one of the oldest cities in Iran with a population of around 650,000 people. The old town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. | usage worldwide
RMF7AXJF–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RM2ARAKK1–Silence towers on the outskirts of the desert city of Yazd in Iran, taken on November 17, 2017. Zarathustrians who had died until 1960 were kept here, so that the vultures cleaned the bones of the meat. The bones were then collected in the center of the towers. Yazd is one of the oldest cities in Iran with a population of around 650,000 people. The old town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. | usage worldwide
RMF7C37F–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RMF7C3GP–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RMF7C38B–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RFRY7DW5–Yazd Zoroastrian Dakhmeh Tower of Silence Abandoned Buildings and Ruins with Cemetery and Cityscape
RMF7C3JT–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RFRY7DX0–Yazd Zoroastrian Dakhmeh Tower of Silence Circular Walls on Top of Hill Interior Pit with Bones
RMF7C3HC–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RMF7C359–Tower Of Silence Where Zoroastrians Brought Their Dead And Vultures Would Consume The Corpses, Yazd Province, Yazd, Iran
RMH9CAXE–Tower of silence where zoroastrians brought their deads and vultures would consume the corpses, Yazd province, Yazd, Iran
RMH9CAXX–Tower of silence where zoroastrians brought their deads and vultures would consume the corpses, Yazd province, Yazd, Iran
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