Sunday, 3 December 2017

A southern branch of the Silk Road

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  • A southern branch of the Silk Road took travelers through Yazd, Iran, home to a large community
  •  of Zoroastrians. The Towers of Silence were used by early Zoroastrians as a site for a sky burial tradition.
  • Photographed near Yazd on January 29, 2009
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