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The controversy behind this Silk Road city’s ancient wonders

00:10①At first glance, the turquoise domes and gleaming surfaces of Samarkand's Bibi Khanym Mosque represent everything a visitor, yearning to glimpse the history of this famous Silk Road city in Uzbekistan, could want: romance, beauty, piety, a grand memorial to the wealth and glory of Samarkand's past. 

00:41②But one of these famous blue domes was once cracked like an egg, another had totally collapsed; they are now substantially rebuilt. 

00:52③Some calligraphy is a late 20th-century addition, while newly tiled sections use modern designs that poorly replicate medieval patterns. 

01:05④Some say repairs are necessary to protect these sites and secure vital income from tourism. 

01:14⑤For others, these restored mosques, madrassas, and mausoleums have become sanitized and fake, like theme park exhibits rather than historical sites.

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/the-controversy-behind-this-silk-road-citys-ancient-wonders