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Silk Road: Sang Bast


Silk Road: Sang Bast
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Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 97 W: 15 N: 608] (1490)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2002-09-09
Categories: Castles
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): The Silkroad on Bicycle [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-12-02 9:04
Viewed: 536
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Silk Road: this rare monument from the Ghaznavid period (around the year 1000 AD) is a relic of a former settlement on the Silk road, Sang Bast near Mashad, Iran. The Arslan Jadhib gonbad (mausoleum) and the desert light tower still stand. The terrible Gengis Khan and his warriors always left such buildings intact. One of the branches of the Silk Road passed from the Caspian seashore to Tus/ Mashad, Sang Bast and on to Merv/ Turkmenistan. Marco Polo did not pass here, he took the route through Jazd and Herat/Afghanistan.
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Hi Dietrich,
A good composition, the people are important for to give evidence the great buildings.
Ciao
Andrea

very intresting place
hope to see more of the pictures on this old civ

Hallo Dietrich,
großartiges Licht. Die zwei Leute sind ein guter Maßstab für die Größe der Gebäude. Die Weite und Einsamkeit der Wüste wird durch dein Bild gut transportiert.
Gruß
Roland

Hi Dietrich,

This is a beautiful shot, mystical with lvely warm colours. TFS

Cheers,

Fara

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