Dakhma ("Tower of Silence")

Zoroastrian Culture from the Sassanid era (3rd to 7th century C.E.) in Persia and India; ossuaries, where the dead were brought to be exposed to carrion birds in the open air of the circular space; early constructions of these were first documented c. 860 C.E., usually located on forested high ground, some distance from residential areas; the pair of towers shown here are located on the western edge of Yazd, Iran.

Elevation is c. 1426 meters (4680 feet) above sea level.

Material: Stone, unfired and fired brick (no roof).

Data for CG model:
1. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1276&bih=1507&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=z_W0Wp2LKtOAjwOc8qyYBw&q=dakhma+parsi&oq=Dakhma+&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0l9.433470.433470.0.435837.1.1.0.0.0.0.424.424.4-1.1.0....0...1c.2.64.psy-ab..0.1.423....0.QM-c0XlUZtw
2. Khajepour, Mansour, and Raou, Zeinab, 2018. A Theoretical Approach to Restoration of Zoroastrian's Tower of Silence (Dakhma) in Iran (A Case study of Zoroastrian's tower of silence of Kerman), Bagh- e Nazar, 15 (61): 57-70 / Jul. 2018 DOI: 10.22034/bagh.2018.63865