Abdullah Khan's Gumbaz, Bash-gumbaz (Sadiq in fore). Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of tomb, with conical brick dome. Subjects = archaeological expeditions; archaeology; Central Asian architecture; Central Asian architecture (Islamic); exploration; Stein Collection; tombs Location = Bash-gumbaz; Tajikistan
Baggage changing at Ushinch, head of Yerkh Valley, looking east. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography Scene beside river, with baggage being transferred to fresh ponies: 'As our route led continuously over old moraines and boulder-strewn fans, progress was troublesome. But fortunately on arrival at Ushinch, about 11 miles farther up...we were met by fresh Kirghiz tr...
Gumbaz at Sume-tash, Yeshil-kol end, from west. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards small domed tomb. PUBLISHED: 'Innermost Asia', vol. 2, fig. 385: 'Cliffs and Gumbaz at Sume-tash, Alichur Pamir.' Subjects = archaeological expeditions; archaeology; Central Asian architecture; Central Asian architecture (Islamic); explo...
Zung [Zang] village from south. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography 'About a mile west of Hissar lies Zang (about 9,700 feet above sea-level), which comprises some forty households and is the largest village on the Russian side of the Wakhan. Its terraced fields and tree-hidden homesteads stretch along a broad glen well watered by s...