3 to 5 October 2018, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Links go to colour posts (with more information and historical context). If an image does not have a link, the preceding one applies.
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Here is a side mosque from the archway of the main Bibi Khanum Mosque.
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The top of the dome of one of the minor mosques.
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On the left is Bibi Khanum Mosque and its pishtak; one of the side mosques is in the background.
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Side mosque.
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Ulugh Beg Pishtak, the entrance gate to Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis
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Inside the Qazi Zadeh Rumi Mausoleum.
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The two domes of the Qazi Zadeh Rumi Mausoleum, this image and the next, viewed from the inside.
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In the avenue of the mausolea.
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Looking back at the twin domes of the Qazi Zadeh Rumi Mausoleum.
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Looking through a chortak, or a gateway on the avenue.
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Inside the Shadi Mulk Adi Mausoleum.
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Near the far end of the avenue.
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The pishtak of Alim Nasafi Mausoleum.
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Tuman Aka Mausoleum.
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The top of Gur Emir from a distance.
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Rukhabad Mausoleum.
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This and following images, Ak Saray Mausoleum…
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Young woman extracting strips of bark from branches of young mulberry trees to make paper.
Ulugh Beg and Afrasiab, Samarkand
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Water mill for paper making.
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Surviving part of Ulugh Beg’s astrolabe.
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Remains of Ulugh Beg’s astrolabe.
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Country farm and mosque.
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Gur Emir at night.
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This was the last post on the ancient and modern wonders of Uzbekistan. There have been 31 posts with 850 images and 17,000 words. I have updated the links to the posts in the trip itinerary so you can access them from there.
Next, Istanbul….
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