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Yazd: City of Fire and Silence

Though it is there they worship fire, the first thing we encountered was the silence.  Two dusty hills rise outside of Yazd, each crowned with a ringed wall of crumbling stone–as old as memory.  This place is the cradle of Zoroastrianism, the ancient monotheistic religion of Persia. A footpath snaked its way up a steep incline; the sand was dry …

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Category: IranTag: desert, great view, hike, history, iran, religion, temples, tour

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