The impressive 16th-century metropolis was ingeniously conceived to give its defences an advantage against would-be invaders.

TUCKED away in the middle of Yemen lies an ancient desert city with a unique style of architecture that dates back to the ...

Dubbed the "Manhattan of the Dessert", the sprawling towers in this city are rather made up of a unique material - mud bricks. Almost all the buildings of Shibam are built with mud bricks using a ...

Shibam's buildings are made of mud brick. With its mud-brick buildings, Shibam, a 16th-century city surrounded by a fortified ...

It is thought to be the oldest city in the world to use vertical construction and was an important caravan stop on the ...

Dubbed the ‘Manhattan of the Desert’, Shibam is just one of Yemen’s mud brick-based skyscraper cities dotting the country.

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In Yemen's desert lies the ancient city of Shibam, with its mud brick skyscrapers symbolizing human adaptability in extreme environments. Yemen's fortified ancient city of Shibam dates back to the ...

In Yemen's desert lies the ancient city of Shibam, with its mud brick skyscrapers symbolizing human adaptability in extreme environments. Yemen's fortified ancient city of Shibam dates back to the ...

Shibam, known as "Manhattan of the Desert," is a Yemeni city celebrated for its mud-brick skyscrapers, earning UNESCO World Heritage status alongside Sanaa and Zabid for their unique architecture. In ...