Preserving Samarkands precious heritage life

Mirror of the world, Garden of the Soul, Jewel of Islam, the legendary Uzbek city of Samarkand on the ancient Silk Road has earned many such glorifying epithets. It took the Emperor Timur 35 years to transform Samarkand into a fairy tale capital. From 1370 on artisans and architects from all over came to work here. Today its treasures are being preserved by similarly skilled hands. It is one of the most evocative cities of the ancient Silk Road and was a kind of Silicon Valley of READ MORE