Shibam

Hadhramaut Governorate · Yemen

Shibam, Yemen
Photo: Bkar6190, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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October to March
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A walled desert town of densely packed mud-brick tower houses, sometimes called the Manhattan of the desert. Its high-rise architecture, some rising several storeys, is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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