Samarkand Tour - Part 2

After Shah_i-Zinda, we drove to the mausoleum of Amir Timur (Tamerlane). If a stunning building, with several tombs inside - the back granite tomb of Timur and the rest of some of his family members, including his grandson Ulugbek, the famous astronomer and scientist. And interesting story - in June 1941, Russian anthropologist Gerasimov, opened all the graves in order to study the bodies. The public was against it, saying that it would bring a curse. Indeed, 2 days later, Nazi Germany invaded Soviet Union - you can decide for yourself whether this was a coincidence! Afterwards, we went to the Plov Center (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like!) and had a huge bowl of delicious plov! We then stopped by at the only remaining synagogue in Samarkand. Sadly, it does not have services anymore, because there are only about 100 Jews left, mostly old, and there is no minyan. We then went back to Registan as the sun was setting, and visited the gold covered mosque inside one of the three Medresses. Later, we had dinner of one of the best shashliks I ever had at a local place,cafe Bobur.Weiterlesen