Uzbekistan
Detail of minaret and cupola in the courtyard of the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. pictured at sunrise on July 15, 2010. Both are decorated with elaborately patterned tilework. 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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13425280
Media ID
45091118
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3653px x 5616px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
