Urta Osiyo Temir Yuli

Places in this region

Ulugh Beg Observatory

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory

For nearly half a millennium, the remains of one of the greatest observatories ever built lay hidden in Central Asia. A product of one Muslim prince's devotion to science, the observatory was the... »

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