The Republic of Karakalpakstan
The remains of ancient Mizdakhan, once the second-largest city in Khorezm. Inhabited from the 4th century BCE until the 14th cen- tury CE, Mizdakhan remained a sacred place even after Timur destroyed it; tombs and mosques continued to be built here right up to the 20th century. Today it is a hill littered with those mosques and mausoleums, some ruined, some intact.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Fri Jun 07, 2013