Cairn built in the 1390s by soldiers of Tamerlane

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Almaty Pass This is the border between Kazakhstan and Krygzystan The cairn is said to have been built in the 1390s by soldiers of Tamerlane Timur the Lame as they crossed the pass from their winter quarters by the mild Lake Ysyk Kol When they returned after a summer s campaign in the plains each surviving soldier picked up a stone those remaining are a memorial to the fallen Kazakhstan Kunggoy Ala Too Mountains South of Almaty July 2002

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Size: 5384px × 3492px
Location: Kunggoy Ala Too Mountains South of Almaty Kazakhstan
Photo credit: © Michael Grant / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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