The popular belief that European astronomy from the late Middle Ages and early Modern Age was more advanced than that of ...

That Arabic inscription reminds us that this new Timurid Empire created by Tamerlane was energetically Muslim. This is the time of the building of the great mosques of Bukhara and Samarkand ...

While you can find countless varieties of these breads across Uzbekistan, the most legendary loaves are baked in the city of Samarkand. Here, bread is sacred and made with the utmost care.

In this partly unfinished building, Persian master builders experimented with architectural and structural solutions later used in the construction of Samarkand, the capital of the Timurid Empire.

That Arabic inscription reminds us that this new Timurid Empire created by Tamerlane was energetically Muslim. This is the time of the building of the great mosques of Bukhara and Samarkand ...

The Arts Society’s latest lecture is set to look at architecture and textiles in Uzkbekistan. ‘The Golden Road to Samarkand: ...

Although somewhat overshadowed in the West by the Italian Renaissance, the Timurid Empire spawned the Timurid ... across the capital Tashkent and Samarkand's streets. One, Mirzo Ulugbek, 15th ...