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Nov 11 ’09
travelhighlights: Manhattan of the Desert: Yemen’s Ancient Mud Skyscraper City “Some might assume it to be a mirage. Rising out of the desert in the South Arabian Peninsula, ancient high-rise apartment buildings made of mud meet the eye. Centuries before the modern age of skyscrapers dawned in Chicago and New York, the Middle East had its own skyscraper city – the oldest on earth. This is Shibam in Yemen, a place thought to have existed since the 2nd century AD.” Shibam, Yemen Via hikenow:landscapelifescape

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Manhattan of the Desert: Yemen’s Ancient Mud Skyscraper City

“Some might assume it to be a mirage. Rising out of the desert in the South Arabian Peninsula, ancient high-rise apartment buildings made of mud meet the eye. Centuries before the modern age of skyscrapers dawned in Chicago and New York, the Middle East had its own skyscraper city – the oldest on earth. This is Shibam in Yemen, a place thought to have existed since the 2nd century AD.”

Shibam, Yemen

Via hikenow:landscapelifescape

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    Very cool. Also this discussion, insofar as it addresses ancient methods of construction, like these many-storied mud...
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    These look much more sound than the tenement apartments of ancient Rome which often rose to a rickety and...
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