We walk towards the mausoleum of Gur Emir, where Timor the Great is buried. Sure enough, the street plate is still there. It is true! Clavijo—Klavixo for Uzbeks—has a street in Samarkand.

In dit deels onvoltooide gebouw hebben Perzische bouwmeesters geëxperimenteerd met architecturale en structurele oplossingen die later werden gebruikt in de bouw van Samarkand, de hoofdstad van de ...

Two days after his headstone was removed from the Gur Emur mausoleum in Samarkand, the Nazis invaded Russia during Operation Barbarassa. Stalin, nervous and superstitious, ordered Timur's remains ...

The local factory revived an ancient tradition based on old Samarkand technologies. You will also visit a ceramic workshop. Continue to Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum and then finally visit the Ulugh Beg ...

He was buried, at his order, near his spiritual teacher. While they were excavating to build the grand mausoleum in Samarkand, they found the grave of an unknown person but it was marked with a ...