Cemetery

Evening view into the plain

Kazakh stone graves

A Kazakh cemetery on the Ustyurt plateau in western Uzbekistan, probably already several hundred years old. As nomads, the Kazakhs probably also used fixed places to bury their dead –… [...]

Mizdakhan

The old cemetery “Mizdakhan” is located outside of Nukus, in Karakalpakstan, in western Uzbekistan. Credit: Simon Kretschmer (Germany) Find all of our photos of the… [...]

In the quiet of the Kyrgyz mountains

Nestled between two mountains, this traditional Kyrgyz cemetery in the Naryn region of central Kyrgyzstan houses the remains of ancestors from the surrounding villages. Credit: Clara Marchaud (France)… [...]