In Zoroastrianism, traditional burial practices aim to avoid contaminating the sacred elements earth, fire, and water. This led to the development of sky burials, where the dead were placed in Towers of Silence (called dakhma) circular, open-air stone structures. There, the bodies were exposed to the sun and scavenging birds (mainly vultures), which stripped the flesh. The remaining bones were later collected and placed into a central pit inside the tower to naturally decompose.In places where s
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