Shibam

Places in this region

Shibam Hadhramaut

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

The town of Shibam in Hadramawt, Yemen, believed to have formed around the second century C.E., and is one of the earliest known examples of urban planning and vertical construction. Yet these... »

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