Posts Tagged ‘zoroastrian’

Zoroastrian Towers of Silence: abandoned, enigmatic but touristic

Zoroastrian Towers of Silence: abandoned, enigmatic but touristic – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – The enigmatic Zoroastrian Towers of Silence are set on two lonely, barren hilltops on the southern outskirts of Yazd in central Iran. According to a tradition dating back over 3,000 years, dead bodies were left on top of those open towers – which […]

The Faravahar: The Ancient Zoroastrian Symbol of Iran

The Faravahar is arguably the best-known symbol of the Persian Zoroastrian faith. This symbol consists of a winged disc with a man emerging from it. The man is shown holding a ring. Whilst the symbol is well known, the meaning behind it is more complicated. The Faravahar was adopted as a secular symbol to represent […]

The Zoroastrian Texts of Ancient Persia & What They Reveal About Advanced Ancient Civilizations

Next Story Photo Cred Graham Hancock investigates the mysterious religious texts of the Zoroastrians of ancient Persia and the ‘underground cities’ of neighbouring Turkey. Both, he argues, are far older than is presently taught and date back to cataclysmic events near the end of the last Ice Age that destroyed, and all but wiped from […]

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