Uzbekistan
Detail of gilded decoration, in geometric pattern, on the cupola ceiling, in the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 14, 2010. Samarkand, a city on the Silk Road, founded as Afrosiab in the 7th century BC, is a meeting point for the world's cultures. Its most important development was in the Timurid period, 14th to 15th centuries
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13425279
Media ID
45091101
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5616px x 3744px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
