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 ...

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 ...

From majestic Islamic architecture to unique cuisine, there’s much to explore in the country at the heart of the Silk Road. The allure of the Silk Road has longed charmed travellers to Central ...

It served as the heart of ancient Samarkand, symbolising the cultural and intellectual prominence of the Timurid Empire. Continue to Siab Bazar and the Shahi Zinda Complex. In the afternoon ...

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.

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.

Apparently, I’d arrived using the worst of the worst… a road that begins in Aktau, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, and crosses the endless desert all the way to this lonely border outpost. Normally, ...