Soviet authorities have decided to restore the tomb of Thnur at Samarkand. His mausoleum and that of Shah T-zanda, in the same city, which is also to be resLored, are among the most ancient memorials in Central Asia. Timur lies beneath a plain block of marble, which stands out black under a dome among the surrounding white cenotaphs of his wives and relations. The vault rise? above a little platform littered with plain-cut stones. The tomb is greatly in need of repair and restoration. The translucent belt of jasDer that runs round the walls at shoulder heipht is darkened with cen-turies-old grime and is almost indistinguishable from the time-darkened limestone of which the walls of the tomb are built. Yet there k;, both in the jasper and in the limestone, as beautiful a play of tints a;- ever was taken on by the walls of a shrine.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21290, 9 October 1934, Page 16
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21290, 9 October 1934, Page 16
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