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Samarkand

Low angle view of the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1417-20, framed by the monumental entrance arch, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 14, 2010, floodlit at night. Gur-Emir Mausoleum, or Tomb of the Ruler, was built by Timur in 1404 for his favourite grandson, Mohammed Sultan, and became the mausoleum for the Timurid dynasty. The simply formed building is an octagonal drum beneath an azure fluted dome (diameter: 15m, height: 12.5m). Its walls are tiled in blue and white geometric and epigraphic patterns including the words 'God is Immortal' in 3m. high white Kufic script around the top of the drum. 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. Picture by Manuel Cohen.

Unique Identifier AR9179844

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3592px × 5616px

Photo Credit Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY

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