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![Veiled women head to the Jame Masjid, the Great Mosque in Kerman.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/1619b0c0-53d9-11e0-81c1-0ddbf6b2afbe/98001000009_xgaplus.jpg)
![In Yazd, the Towers of Silence were open-air burial places.](http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/126ffe5c-53d9-11e0-bddf-018e89810779/98001000011_xgaplus.jpg)
In Yazd, the Towers of Silence were open-air burial places.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 18.4 Mpixels (52.5 MB uncompressed) - 5281x3476 pixels (17.6x11.6 in / 44.7x29.4 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: burial places, desert, Iran, Marco Polo, ruins, shadow, Silk Road, Towers of Silence, Yazd
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