In a traditional Zoroastrian funeral ritual at a tower of silence, the bones of a dead person are swept into a large stone box in the central well in the tower to:

Question

a. guard them until they are buried in the earth.
b. preserve them reverently until the resurrection.
c. preserve them for feeding later to the "four-eyed" dog.
d. protect them until they are offered to the sacred fire in the fire temple.

Answer 1

b. preserve them reverently until the resurrection.

Analysis:
a, c & d. Incorrect. In the tower of silence, the vultures descend from their circling flight and take only about an hour to eat the flesh from the bones of a dead person.
b. Correct. In a traditional Zoroastrian funeral ritual, the bones of a dead person are swept into a large stone box in the central well in the tower of silence to preserve them reverently until the resurrection.