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02:07These gates lead into the 200-hectare ruins of the medieval city of Otrar.
02:12Today all thus left are the wind, the sand and the remains of its streets.
02:16But with a little imagination, it's not hard to picture how this once thriving city coming back to life.
02:23Inside the citadel, the city's most heavily fortified district, we stepped into what was once a residential neighborhood.
02:30Here, reconstructed homes revealed the advanced technologies that existed centuries ago.
02:47Just beyond the houses stood the public bathhouse with its bathing pools.
02:52Within a short walk were the mosque, central square and the palace of Berzibekhan.
02:57As one of the Silk Road's busiest trading hubs, Otrar welcomed hundreds of merchants and travelers every day.
03:04This is the first of the historic buildings that are the most important ones that are in the countryside.
03:11This is the most difficult ones that are in the past.
03:11Which means, as the most difficult ones, there are two different communities that are in the past.
03:16But every one of the others has a huge number of them have been born.
03:19Now, after the fact that the people that are in the wilderness, 400-500 people are in the wilderness every
03:28day.
03:28Экскавирование продолжается, и археологи продолжают раскрывать Отрар's past.
03:33Здесь Мухтар Кожа и его команда
04:01В 2000-year history, Отрар was once a thriving Silk Road city before the Mongol invasion in the 13th century.
04:10Rebuilt and inhabited for centuries, its story can now be explored through the ruins and artifacts at the Отрар Museum.
04:20Another remarkable sight nearby is the mausoleum of Arstambab, the 12th-century spiritual teacher of Khodzha Ahmed Yasawi.
04:28Today it remains an important place of pilgrimage.
04:31The current structure is the fourth known reconstruction of the original mausoleum.
04:36These are two original 14th-century columns.
04:40The mausoleum once had six, but only these have stood the test of time.
04:44This year, the Turkestan region ranked among Kazakhstan's top five domestic tourism destinations for the first time,
04:51as more travelers discover its unique blend of history and nature.
