The Registan – The Place of Sand
May 2026 The Registan is most likely the most photographed site in Uzbekistan, and is, without a doubt, the most…
Samarkand
The Afrasaid Murals
May 2026 In the Museum of Samarkand are these amazing murals. The Afrasiab murals, also called the Paintings of the…
Samarkand – Bibi-Khanym Mosque
May 2026 Named for Timur’s wife, Saray Mulk Khanym (Bibi Khanym was her nickname, meaning ‘senior princess’) between 1399 and…
Shah-i-Zinda Necropolis
May 2026 The Shah-i-Zinda Ensemble includes mausoleums and other ritual buildings of the 11th – 15th and 19th centuries. The…
Samarkand – Gur-e-Amir
May 13, 026 Gur-e-Amir The Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum is the final resting place of Timur. The site of the tomb was…
Ulugh Beg
May 14, 2026 If you are a Westerner, your basic astronomy education was Copernicus, Ptolemy, Galileo, and Newton. If you…