Manhattan of the Desert: Yemen’s Ancient Mud Skycraper City


	Manhattan of the Desert: Yemen’s Ancient Mud Skycraper City

clip-on-tie

10-30-2009 1:44 AM

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buildings, city, earliest, flooding, high-rise, houses, middle east, oldest, skyscraper, yemen

clip-on-tie says:

They must really hate it when it rains.

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10-30-2009 3:07 AM

dude91

There is a lot more to this story . Check out the exclusive national geography documentary on http://joozly.com/download0046732

10-31-2009 5:10 AM

murieleileen

Very impressive.

10-31-2009 7:19 AM

tabsey

No cars. How do they exist?
Good clip.

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