DEATH / GRAVES

Masoleum from Timur his teacher and his relatives . Their real graves are in the basement of the house

The real graves of Timur, his teacher and relatives in the basement of the house in the same order as on the ground floor. The Grave Timurs broke when the grave was opened by the Russians

Memorial to the fallen Bukharan soldiers in World War II and Afghanistan. The year of birth can also be read on the board. The woman mourns the death of her father, whom he saw as an infant. / Bukhara

Achievement to the fallen Russian husband in Afghanistan / Bukhara

Some think that some saints grow longer in the grave. Here the tomb of St. Danjar (Daniel) / Samarkand

The long grave in the Mazdikhan / near Nukus

The long tomb at Kaab ulakhbar near Bukhara

The sanctuary of Kaab ulakhbar, surrounded by electric towers !

One of the doors of the Iranian cemetery. Other relegions also have here their own plot / Bukhara

Another entrance to the Iranian cemetery / Bukhara

Entrance of the sheikh Mavlan Baba cemetery/ near Khiwa

sheikh Mavlan Baba cemetery/ near Khiwa

Entrance of the Mazdikhon cemetery / near Nukus (Karakalpaken area)

Endless Mazdikhan cemetery near Nukus (Karakalpaken area)

Mazdikhan-cemetery, looking towards the Turkmenistan border

a part of Mazdikhan cemetery / near Nukus

In some areas of Central Asia, there are tombs as houses. Especially where the ground is too hard to dig. The peculiarity of the grave in the picture insists on its material: clay ! /Mazdikhan cemetery, near Nukus

In some cemeteries in Karakapakstan, the stretcher, who is like a ladder, is left on the grave. The deceased is later to climb to paradise with this conductor / near Nukus (Karakalpakistan)

Graves on the old wall of Khiwa

Grave house as a hemisphere / Khiwa

Jug and bricks, found in the village ruins, on the graves / Samanchug village, near Bukhara

Jug and bricks, found in the village ruins, on the graves / Samanchug village, near Bukhara

Jug and bricks, found in the village ruins, on the graves / Samanchug village, near Bukhara

The entrance to the Jewish cemetery / Bukhara

Thousands of graves in the Bukhara Jewish cemetery

Stone-laying the visitors on the Jewish graves. A thesis says that in the past in Asia stones were laid on the sandy graves as a mark and the tradition is still maintained (?).