Editing Ossuary (section)

==Persian ossuaries==
[[File:Zoroastrian ossuary, 7th-8th century CE, Hirman Tepe, Uzbekistan.jpg|thumb|left|A Zoroastrian ossuary, 7–8th century CE, Hirman Tepe, Uzbekistan<ref name="SPL155">{{cite book |last1=Frantz |first1=Grenet |title=Splendeurs des oasis d'Ouzbékistan |date=2022 |publisher=Louvre Editions |location=Paris |isbn=978-8412527858 |page=157}}</ref>]]
In [[Persia]], the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]] used a deep well for this function from the earliest times (c. 3,000 years ago) and called it ''[[Tower of Silence|astudan]]'' (literally, "the place for the bones"). There are many rituals and regulations in the Zoroastrian faith concerning the ''astudans''.