Caravanserai - Staging Post Of The Desert

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There were once thousands of caravanserai, staging posts for the weary traveller, dotted throughout Asia, North Africa and the South-Eastern parts of Europe.

The Silk Road, an important and extensive trans-continental network of routes, was dotted with them. Many caravanserai still survive, but more, like the one in the Lut desert of Iran are abandoned and slowly turning to dust.

(thanks Robert-John)