When visiting Uzbekistan, it's wise to pack comfy clothes that can adapt to the seasons. Think light attire for summer and ...

Bread is sacred in Uzbekistan. The BBC visits Samarkand to see how the fabled wheel-shaped bread loaves are made.

A jewelled dagger made in Jehangir’s court workshop Victoria and Albert Museum, London/The Al Thani Collection/Prudence ... built – the city he hoped would emulate Timur’s legendary Samarkand, which ...

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‘The Golden Road to Samarkand: The Art Architecture and Textiles of Uzbekistan’, will take place at the Manx Museum on Tuesday, February 18 from 11.30am to 12.30pm. Free to members of the Arts Society ...

In 2022, a bizarre Disneyland replica, Silk Road Samarkand, was opened outside Samarkand ... "We are witnessing a transformation of towns into museum-towns that are made for tourists.

Samarkand tycoon Fazilov has a hand in this ... (teahouses), as well as restaurants serving Uzbek cuisine and a museum about Uzbek culture. But the 3D renderings pasted on the high walls that ...

Simply sign up to the Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In Silk Roads, the British Museum’s epic journey of a show, a sumptuous 7th-century wall painting portrays a courtly ...

It’s the kind of exhibition the British Museum is made for ... obtain slaves militarily; when Samarkand was besieged in 712 in the Islamic conquest of the city states of Sogdiana, at the ...

The project involves a 500 megawatt alternating current (MWac) solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, 500 megawatt hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS), transmission line and other auxiliary ...

Cash, debit card, credit card (Visa, Visa Electron and MasterCard), five-euro Smartum exercise and culture vouchers, SmartumPay, the Epassi mobile app and the Museum Card are accepted as payment ...

The Pergamon Museum houses three museums: the Collection of Classical Antiquities, the Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Museum of Islamic Art and displays works of art from Greek and Roman ...