Tower of Silence (English Wikipedia)

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Huff, Dietrich (2004). "Archaeological Evidence of Zoroastrian Funerary Practices". In Stausberg, Michael (ed.). Zoroastrian Rituals in Context. Numen Book Series. Vol. 102. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 593–630. doi:10.1163/9789047412502_027. ISBN 90-04-13131-0. ISSN 0169-8834. LCCN 2003055913.
Malandra, W. W. (2013). "Iran". In Spaeth, Barbette Stanley (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 122. doi:10.1017/CCO9781139047784.009. ISBN 978-0-521-11396-0. LCCN 2012049271.

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Palsetia, Jesse S. (2001). "Epilogue: Identity and the Present-Day Parsis". The Parsis of India: Preservation of identity in Bombay city. Leiden: Brill. pp. 320–337. ISBN 9789004491274.

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Huff, Dietrich (2004). "Archaeological Evidence of Zoroastrian Funerary Practices". In Stausberg, Michael (ed.). Zoroastrian Rituals in Context. Numen Book Series. Vol. 102. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 593–630. doi:10.1163/9789047412502_027. ISBN 90-04-13131-0. ISSN 0169-8834. LCCN 2003055913.
Malandra, W. W. (2013). "Iran". In Spaeth, Barbette Stanley (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 122. doi:10.1017/CCO9781139047784.009. ISBN 978-0-521-11396-0. LCCN 2012049271.
Falk, Harry (1989), "Soma I and II", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 52 (1): 77–90, doi:10.1017/s0041977x00023077, S2CID 146512196
Boyce, Mary (1975). "The Zoroastrian Funeral Rites". A history of Zoroastrianism: Early period. Vol. 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 156–165, 325–330. doi:10.1163/9789004294004_014. ISBN 9789004294004.
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Adam, David (31 January 2006). "Cattle drug blamed as India's vultures near extinction". The Guardian.

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"Citizen groups oppose heritage tour of Parsi Tower of Silence". Hindustan Times. New Delhi, India: HT Digital Streams Ltd. 10 December 2016.
"Protests don't hinder heritage walk at Tower of Silence". Hindustan Times. 12 December 2016.

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Sunavala, Nergish (28 October 2014). "Defunct Tower of Silence lives on in the heart of an Andheri residential colony". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 May 2022.

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Russell, James R. (1 January 2000). "BURIAL iii. In Zoroastrianism". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. IV/6. New York: Columbia University. pp. 561–563. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
"Herodotus iii. Defining the Persians". Encyclopaedia Iranica (online ed.). Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
Grenet, Frantz (January 2000). "BURIAL ii. Remnants of Burial Practices in Ancient Iran". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. IV. pp. 559–561. Fasc. 5–6.
Boyce, Mary (October 31, 2011) [First published 15 December 1993]. "CORPSE, disposal of, in Zoroastrianism". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. VI. pp. 279–286. Fasc. 3. Agathias described at second hand the disposal of the body of the Persian general Mihr-Mihrōē, who died in 555: 'Then the attendants of Mihr-Mihrōē took up his body and removed it to a place outside the city and laid it there as it was, alone and uncovered according to their traditional custom, as refuse for dogs and horrible carrion birds'

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Huff, Dietrich (2004). "Archaeological Evidence of Zoroastrian Funerary Practices". In Stausberg, Michael (ed.). Zoroastrian Rituals in Context. Numen Book Series. Vol. 102. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 593–630. doi:10.1163/9789047412502_027. ISBN 90-04-13131-0. ISSN 0169-8834. LCCN 2003055913.
Malandra, W. W. (2013). "Iran". In Spaeth, Barbette Stanley (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 122. doi:10.1017/CCO9781139047784.009. ISBN 978-0-521-11396-0. LCCN 2012049271.

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Aramesh, Kiarash (30 May 2009). "The Ownership of Human Body: An Islamic Perspective". Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine. 2: 4. PMC 3713940. PMID 23908718.
Swan, Gerry; Naidoo, Vinasan; Cuthbert, Richard; et al. (January 2006). "Removing the threat of diclofenac to critically endangered Asian vultures". PLOS Biology. 4 (3): e66. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040066. PMC 1351921. PMID 16435886.

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Aramesh, Kiarash (30 May 2009). "The Ownership of Human Body: An Islamic Perspective". Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine. 2: 4. PMC 3713940. PMID 23908718.
Swan, Gerry; Naidoo, Vinasan; Cuthbert, Richard; et al. (January 2006). "Removing the threat of diclofenac to critically endangered Asian vultures". PLOS Biology. 4 (3): e66. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040066. PMC 1351921. PMID 16435886.

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Falk, Harry (1989), "Soma I and II", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 52 (1): 77–90, doi:10.1017/s0041977x00023077, S2CID 146512196

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Tait, Malcolm (10 October 2004). "India's vulture population is facing catastrophic collapse and with it the sacrosanct corporeal passing of the Parsi dead". The Ecologist. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.

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Gulzeb, Sonia (2024-05-04). "'Our culture is dying': vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites". Pakistan. The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2024-05-19.

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Russell, James R. (1 January 2000). "BURIAL iii. In Zoroastrianism". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. IV/6. New York: Columbia University. pp. 561–563. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
"Herodotus iii. Defining the Persians". Encyclopaedia Iranica (online ed.). Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji (1928). The Funeral Ceremonies of the Parsees (Monograph) (Fourth ed.). Anthropological Society of Bombay. Archived from the original on 2005-02-07. Retrieved 2005-09-09.
- Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji (2011) [Reprint of 2nd edition (1937), originally published by Jehangir B. Karani's Sons: Bombay]. Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees (PDF). Kasson, Minnesota, US: Avesta.org. pp. 55–58.
- Tait, Malcolm (10 October 2004). "India's vulture population is facing catastrophic collapse and with it the sacrosanct corporeal passing of the Parsi dead". The Ecologist. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
- Srivastava, Sanjeev (18 July 2001), "Parsis turn to solar power", BBC News South Asia, archived from the original on 30 June 2006, retrieved 9 September 2005
- "My Visit To The Tower Of Silence Helped Me Come To Terms With Death". Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2020-12-09.

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Russell, James R. (1 January 2000). "BURIAL iii. In Zoroastrianism". Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. IV/6. New York: Columbia University. pp. 561–563. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
Huff, Dietrich (2004). "Archaeological Evidence of Zoroastrian Funerary Practices". In Stausberg, Michael (ed.). Zoroastrian Rituals in Context. Numen Book Series. Vol. 102. Leiden: Brill Publishers. pp. 593–630. doi:10.1163/9789047412502_027. ISBN 90-04-13131-0. ISSN 0169-8834. LCCN 2003055913.
Gulzeb, Sonia (2024-05-04). "'Our culture is dying': vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites". Pakistan. The Guardian. ISSN 1756-3224. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2024-05-19.

zoroastrians.net

Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji (1928). The Funeral Ceremonies of the Parsees (Monograph) (Fourth ed.). Anthropological Society of Bombay. Archived from the original on 2005-02-07. Retrieved 2005-09-09.
- Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji (2011) [Reprint of 2nd edition (1937), originally published by Jehangir B. Karani's Sons: Bombay]. Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees (PDF). Kasson, Minnesota, US: Avesta.org. pp. 55–58.