Title

Panoramic view of houses of the dead from the Towers of Silence

Caption

Panoramic view of houses of the dead from the Towers of Silence, Cult of the Dead of the Zoroastrians, Yasd, Yasd, Iran, Asia

Date

Oct 10, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Raimund Franken

Reference

BRK22C98_348

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

97,8Mb (5,2Mb) / 29,0in x 13,1in / 8697 x 3931 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asia Cheel Ghar Dakhma Dakhmas High Angle View Houses of the dead Mid East Middle East Mideast Near East No People Overlook Persia Southwest Asia Southwestern Asia Tower of Silence View View from above West Asia Western Asia Zoroastrian Zoroastrians building buildings burial site burial sites celestial burial celestial burials ceremonial ceremonies ceremony custom dead death deaths deserted distance distances distant view distant views elevated view empty facing final resting place from above funeral funerals grave gravesite gravesites gravestone high-angle shot high-angle view last resting place last resting places looking down no one nobody overhead overview panorama view panoramic view religion religions religious ritual rituals sky burial structure tomb tomb group tombstone tombstones top down top down view top view topview tradition traditional traditions uninhabited view down to the bottom Cult of the Dead Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Magianism Mazdaism Zoroastrianism characteristic home house houses typical cult cults