🏛️ Yemen's Ancient Skyscraper Cities
Multi-storey mud-brick and stone tower houses in the Arabian Peninsula
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in: Yemen, primarily Shibam, Sanaa, and Hadramawt Valley
- Construction materials: Mud brick, stone, local materials without reinforcement
- Date range: 15th–20th centuries with some earlier foundations
- UNESCO inscription: Shibam 1982, Old City of Sanaa 1986
Yemen's tower-house cities are a distinctive architectural tradition spanning centuries in the Arabian Peninsula. The most celebrated is ...