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Towers of silence

Scope note

Circular stone platforms on which Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures. RHDEL2

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30005880

Term used for

dahkmes
dakhmas
dokhmas
dokmehs

Equivalent Terms used

tower of silence

Created

13yrs ago

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