Tower of Silence

Summary

Tower of Silence ranks in the top 0.91% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,644 views/month, #708 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• Tower of Silence's religion is recorded as Zoroastrianism^[2].
• Tower of Silence is in the country of Iran^[3].
• Tower of Silence is a type of religious tower building^[4].
• Tower of Silence is a type of funeral building^[5].
• Tower of Silence is a type of morgue^[6].
• Tower of Silence's Commons category is recorded as Towers of Silence^[7].
• Tower of Silence's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Towers of Silence^[8].
• Tower of Silence's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[9].
• Tower of Silence's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[10].
• Tower of Silence's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include religious tower building^[4], funeral building^[5], and morgue^[6].

Why It Matters

Tower of Silence ranks in the top 0.91% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,644 views/month, #708 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[12] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[13]