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We climbed the hill to the crumbling tower of silence and learned it had been used to expose the dead to vultures in traditional Zoroastrian funerary practice.
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We climbed the hill to the crumbling tower of silence and learned it had been used to expose the dead to vultures in traditional Zoroastrian funerary practice.
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ゾロアスター教において、死者の遺体を露出させ、鳥類(ハゲワシなど)による食作用で分解させるために設けられた、低く円柱状で屋根のない塔のこと。遺骨は骨壷(オッソリア)に保管される場合もある。また「ダフマ」とも呼ばれる。
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