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A Parsee or Zoroastrian funeral: the body is viewed by a dog, before being exposed on a tower to be eaten by vultures. Engraving after B. Picart, 1727.
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A Parsee or Zoroastrian funeral: the body is viewed by a dog, before being exposed on a tower to be eaten by vultures. Engraving after B. Picart, 1727.

Bernard Picart · 1727

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Funeraĩlles des Parsis. B. Picart del. 1727.

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