Title

Towers of silence with air-cooled cistern

Caption

Towers of silence with air-cooled cistern, Yasd, Yasd, Iran, Asia

Date

Oct 10, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Raimund Franken

Reference

BRK22D31_232

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

144,1Mb (6,5Mb) / 28,9in x 19,3in / 8682 x 5801 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asia Cheel Ghar Dakhma Dakhmas Mid East Middle East Mideast Near East No People Persia Southwest Asia Southwestern Asia Tower of Silence West Asia Western Asia Zoroastrian air-cooled burial site burial sites celestial burial celestial burials ceremonial ceremonies ceremony cistern cisterns custom dead death deaths deserted empty final resting place funeral funerals grave gravesite gravesites gravestone last resting place last resting places no one nobody religion religions religious ritual rituals sky burial tomb tomb group tombstone tombstones tradition traditional traditions uninhabited water reservoir water reservoirs water supplies water supply Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Magianism Mazdaism Zoroastrianism characteristic chilled cooled typical