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🏛️ Old City of Sana'a

Archaeology & Antiquity Yemen Asia

🏛️ Old City of Sana'a
Medieval walled city in Yemen's highlands, continuously inhabited since the 6th century BCE


🕐 3 min read · Updated 11 Apr 2026 at 04:25

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Location: Yemen highlands, approximately 2,300 meters elevation
  • Inhabited continuously: over 2,500 years, documented from 6th century BCE
  • Architecture: over 6,000 multi-story tower houses of rammed earth and fired brick
  • UNESCO inscription: 1986

The Old City of Sana'a is a walled medieval city in Yemen's highlands that represents one of the ...

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