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Turkmenistan: Inside Central Asia's Hermit Kingdom

Photographer Amos Chapple went to Turkmenistan in the summer of 2012. These photos -- some published for the first time -- capture the spookiness and spectacle of one of the world's most-closed countries.

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Ancient Ruins of Merv - Turkmenistan | Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar

A distant photo of the Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar as seen from one of the other few buildings still standing at ancient Merv. Merv was one of the world's great cities until laid waste by a son of Gengis Khan in 1221. Virtually every citizen of an estimated 300,000 were slaughtered by the Mongols.

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Bayt Al Fann (@BaytAlFann) on X | Central mosque, Mosque, Asian architecture

3/ Kalan Mosque, Bukhara, Uzbekistan Initially commissioned by Arslan Khan in 1121, however, Genghis Khan destroyed the original Friday Mosque in 1220. The Kalan Mosque & Mir-i Arab Madrasah of today were commissioned in 1515 & 1535 by Shibani Kahn's nephew Ubaydullah Khan

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"Temple of Happiness", Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Bagt Kosgi ("Temple of Happiness") is an example of the monumental architecture of modern Turkmenistan. At the top of the building is a huge glass ball surrounded by octagonal stars. The first five floors are also made in the form of Turkmen stars. The diameter of the sphere is 32 meters, and large-scale titanium maps of Turkmenistan are drawn on its surface. There are 11 floors in the building. #architecture#design

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