Aisha bibi Mausoleun

This  card is from Toroz which is an ancient town in Southern Kazakhstan and in 2001 celebrated 2000 years and was made a Unesco World Heritage Site.  The Mausoleum was built for Aisha bibi the lady who was bitten by a poisonous snake the day before her wedding.

How very tragic!

Thanks Oxana!

The North Tombs, Shen Yang, China

This is a private swap from Sana from China.  It shows the north tombs which took eight years to build and were finished in 1643.    It now houses the burial site of Huang Taiji, the founder of the Qing Dynasty.