World● Low4d ago · Oct 31, 2026, 12:00 PM
Samarkand: A ‘living museum’ on the Silk Road grapples with a tourism boom
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from UN News · South Asia
As the sun sets over Samarkand’s majestic Registan, its last rays glint across the turquoise mosaics. Dusk settles on the ancient square where great trade routes have crossed for centuries.
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