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Ulug Beg Observatory, 1420s, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, built to advance astronomical study at his Madrasah with Ali Qushji appointed as director and Qadizada al-Rumi and Jamshid Kashani also involved. Destroyed by religious fanatics in 1449 it was re-discovered along with Fakrhi sextant, in 1908, by V L Vyatkin. Detail of trench
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AA604448
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Public
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5400px × 3600px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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15TH CENTURY
ARCHITECTURAL
Architecture
Architecture
ASIA
Asian
Astronomer
ASTRONOMICAL
Astronomy
Astronomy
Black and white
BW
Central Asia
Central Asian
City
Education
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educational
fakhri sextant
high angle view
HISTORICAL
History
HORIZONTAL
IMAGE
INDOORS
INSIDE
interior
Islam
ISLAMIC
Meridian
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no people
NOBODY
Observatory
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Samarkand
Science
Science
SCIENTIFIC
SEXTANT
Silk Road
TOURISM
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Travel
TRENCH
Turkic
Ulug Beg
Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg Observatory
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
Uzbek
Uzbekistan