Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Jun 13, 2024

Gather "round, explorers, as we tiptoe into the Registan Square in the city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan! Meaning "sandy place" or "desert" in Persian, Registan was the centre of activity during the Timurid Empire. The square embodied the essence of the Timurid Renaissance, a period of cultural and intellectual revival, which spread throughout the Muslim world between the 14th and early 16th century CE.

© da-kuk/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jun 13, 2025Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Feb 17, 2026Ochagavía, Navarre, Spain
Feb 24, 2024Almond trees in full bloom, California, USA
Mar 9, 2024Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
Feb 18, 2026Przewalskis horses
Jan 13, 2025Cottage and Tŵr Mawr lighthouse, Ynys Llanddwyn, Wales, United Kingdom
Oct 2, 2024Wind River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA
Feb 19, 2025European river otter
Sep 6, 2024Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
Mar 5, 2024Bangkok, Thailand
Sep 24, 2025Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, United States
Jan 12, 2026Eurasian otters
Jun 28, 2025Mannheim Water Tower, Germany
Feb 19, 2026Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
May 11, 2025Leopard mother grooming her cub, Jao Reserve, Botswana
Jan 15, 2024The Eiskapelle, Bavaria, Germany
Jan 21, 2026Eurasian red squirrel
Nov 11, 2024Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Nov 30, 2023The Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
Mar 31, 2024A great egret in the Pantanal
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France
Jan 24, 2025Strokkur geyser in Iceland
Mar 27, 2025Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Acropolis of Athens, Greece
Jan 19, 2024Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
May 3, 2024The Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
Jan 13, 2024Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii, USA
Jan 3, 2024Lake Minnewanka, Alberta, Canada
Jul 6, 2025Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, United States
Jan 23, 2024Maldives
Feb 26, 2024Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
Nov 18, 2023Polar bear mother and cubs