An Uzbek woman with her treasures in her mouth

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Kohne Urgench on Karakalpakistan,Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan border
Kohne Urgench
A burial. the ladder on which the corps  was carried is left in the grave to let the deceased  have an easy access to heaven

Kohne Urgench
Cemetery and the Minaret of the mosque destroyed by Cengiz Han

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 A man from Karakalpakistan      

        A Harezim man happy after he sold his animals at an animal  market 
(Karakum Desert)

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An Uzbek woman from Shahrisabz

Turkmen girls doing embroidery for their dowry