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Miles      1 Review     Sort by:     • More +       10.04.2009
18:11       Very helpful          Not something you can see
every day.        I've been intrigued about Zoroastrianism for a
long time and I think it's fair to say that one aspect of this
fascinating religion that excites the most morbid interest for
many people is the way in which Zoroastrians dispose of their
dead. Since fire is sacred and earth must not be contaminated by
the unclean bodies of the dead, corpses are laid out to be
stripped bare by vultures in what are known as Towers of
Silence. Once the birds have picked the bones clean, the bodies
were historically interred in rock tombs. Now I think you'll
admit that's pretty fasc