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:
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.
B
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