Uzbekistan

Detail of gilded decoration, in geometric pattern, on the cupola ceiling, in the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 14, 2010. 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.

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Detail of gilded decoration, in geometric pattern, on the cupola ceiling, in the Gur-Emir Mausoleum, 1404, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 14, 2010. 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.