The site of Afrosiab, two kilometers outside of the center of this city, is home to this city's ancient ruins and in a nearby structure is a fifty foot sarcophagus which purportedly contains a perpetually growing body, taken from Susa, of the prophet Daniel.
The site of Afrosiab, two kilometers outside of the center of this city, is home to this city's ancient ruins and in a nearby structure is a fifty foot sarcophagus which purportedly contains a perpetually growing body, taken from Susa, of the prophet Daniel. The oldest standing buildings here date from the 1380's, and the grave of one of the Prophet's cousins, Qusam ibn-Abbas is located in the Shahr-I-Zindah. The most famous mosque here is dedicated to the Chinese Bibi-Khanym and the Guri Amir Mausoleum was the site of a 1941 inspection led by Mikhail Gerasimov analyzing the remains of this city's two most famous rulers. Home to the Ulugh Beg Medrese and the Registan, this is, for ten points, what city, the capital of Timur, presently situated in Uzbekistan.
The site of Afrosiab, two kilometers outside of the center of this city, is home to this city's ancient ruins and in a nearby structure is a fifty foot sarcophagus which purportedly contains a perpetually growing body, taken from Susa, of the prophet Daniel.
{Samarkand} or {Marakanda}