Mehr Blvd, Isar Sq, Yazd
+98 91327455828
Description
Towers of silence were where Zoroastrians buried their dead, these towers featured round tall walls with a shallow pit in the center. Inside the towers there are large stones which are where the dead would be put so that buzzards would eat them, then the remains were thrown in the pit and acid was poured on them. All this was done by only two quarantined persons who lived next to these towers. Some say this was done to keep the primary elements defined in the Zoroastrian religion clean, but other say this method, which was in use in colder parts of the country where digging was impossible, was popularized since it allowed fast mass burial which was needed during the Muslim invasion. The interesting point about these towers is the heavy silence inside the towers. Other than the tower in Yazd there are two abandoned ones between Ardakan and Yazd which deliver a strong sense of horrifying silence and death to the visitor.
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How We Get There?
You should change three public buses from Amir chakhmagh complex to silent towers, then, it's better to take a taxi. A taxi will cost about 60000 to 90000 Rials.