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Photograph by John B. Rogers 



THE TOMB OI" TIMUR TIIIv I v AMIv (TAMERLANE) AT SAMARKAND, RUSSIAN TURKESTAN 



The body of this renowned oriental conqueror, who died in 1405, was embalmed with musk 

 and rose water, wrapped in linen, laid in an ebony coffin, and sent to Samarkand, where it 

 was placed in a sarcophagus of jasper. The tomb consists of a chapel crowned with a 

 dome. Both time and earthquakes have left their mark on the structure, but the interior is 

 still beautiful with turquoise arabesques and inscriptions in gold. 



