Photographer’s Note
More than half a million tombs and graves spread over an area of about 6 square miles.
Make Makli the greatest muslim necropolis in the world.
It is replete with history of 400 glorious years when the Summas (1340 to 1520 AD), the Arghuns (1520 to 1555 Ad), the Tarkhans (1555 to 1592 AD) and the imperial Mughals (1592 to 1739 AD) contributed to the prosperity of its mother city, Thatta, called an "Eldorado" by some of the European travellers of that age.
The building material used for these monuments is either brick or stone.
The bricks are dark-red and so perfectly baked that they ring like metal and break as clean as glass.
Coloured enamel tiles have also been used lavishly to decorate the brick structures which reflect the age old cultural ties with Iran. The stone structures are famous for their carving and tracery which have been truly described as lace-work in stone.
I've posted the photo inside the dome of this grave.
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charmante
(1053) 2004-01-10 12:18
merci bc de votre photo et votre note ,
mais pourquoi vous etes par la porte et dans la photo ?
joso
(1786) 2004-01-10 12:36
Very informativ note, Jonathan.
But on my monitor looks very oversharped, also tilted to the right.
Yes, it needs human presence, but try next not to get a posing one, exactly in the middle , in front of that kind of door, which would give a bit more perspective to the shot
Photo Information
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Copyright: Jonathan Haider (jhaider)
(1228) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2003-09-26
- Categories: Architecture, Ruins
- Camera: Canon PowerShot S50
- Exposure: f/4, 1/1000 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): tombstones & culture, All Saints Cemeteries [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-01-10 11:15








