Statues of camels and camel drivers on Silk Road monument near the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

Detail of monument to Silk Route Travellers, Uzbekistan, CIS, Central Asia, Asia

Amir Temur Monument, Amir Temur Square, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Bronze statue of Tamerlane on his horse in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

The Kalyan Minaret at Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Statue of Amir Timur, also known as Temur and Tamerlane, Shakhrisabz, Uzbekistan

Statue of Al Khwarizmi, a ninth century mathematician, Ichan Kala, Khiva, Uzbekistan

Sculpture of storks and cranes on Ezgulik Independence Arch, Independence Square, Mustakillik Maydoni, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Independence Monument and Happy Mother Monument, Independence Square, Mustakillik Maydoni, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Taj Mahal reflecting in the Yamuna river, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, South Asia

Kasisade Rumi Mausoleum, Shahr-I-Zindah or Shahi Sinda necropolis, Samarkand, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Uzbekistan

Guri Amir Mausoleum, Samarkand, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Uzbekistan

Ismail Samani mausoleum Bukhara, Uzbekistan, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Kasisade Rumi Mausoleum, Shahr-I-Zindah or Shahi Sinda necropolis, Samarkand, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Uzbekistan

Interior cupola of Gur Emir, Gur-Amir, Guri Amir mausoleum, tomb of Timur, Temur, Tamerlane, Samarkand, Silk Road, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Gur Emir, Gur-Amir, Guri Amir mausoleum, tomb of Timur, Temur, Tamerlane, Samarkand, Silk Road, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Historic Chor Bakr memorial complex, Sumitan near Bukhara, Buchara, Silk Road, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Gur Emir, Gur-Amir, Guri Amir mausoleum, grave of Timur, Temur, Tamerlane, Samarkand, Silk Road, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Monument commemorating 10 years of independence, in background mount Suleiman-Too (Sulaimain-Too, Sulayman-Too), a UNESCO World Heritage site. City Osh in the Fergana Valley close to the border to Uzbekistan. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

Monument commemorating 10 years of independence. City Osh in the Fergana Valley close to the border to Uzbekistan. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan