Exploring The Cemetery Around Shah-i-Zinda

The Shah-i-Zinda site in Samarkand is so overwhelming and beautiful that it's easy to overlook that its collection of mausoleums is just part of a large cemetery. There's more to the area than blue tile.

Graves are everywhere, sprouting up like plants along the hillsides.

Good headstone etchings. Do you prefer to be forever known as a casual smoker or a fierce military medalist?

The back to Earth movement with simple mounds.

Stone details. Having your eyeglasses with you in the afterlife is a must. Looking a bit like a profile on the half shell. Or a dime.

Work is life and, evidently, also death.