Title

Laying Down of the Dead

Caption

Laying Down of the Dead, 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

BRK22D35_040

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

144,2Mb (8,3Mb) / 29,0in x 19,3in / 8699 x 5792 (300dpi)

Keywords

Asia Cheel Ghar Cult of the Dead Dakhma Dakhmas Laydown site Laying down Mid East Middle East Mideast Near East No People Persia Southwest Asia Southwestern Asia Tower of Silence West Asia Western Asia Zoroastrian Zoroastrians burial site burial sites celestial burial celestial burials ceremonial ceremonies ceremony 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 Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Magianism Mazdaism Zoroastrianism characteristic cult cults typical