The world's 'oldest' skyscrapers built in beautiful ancient city 492 years ago
The world's first skyscrapers can be retraced to a once thriving ancient city that had residential high-rise buildings 492 ...
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UN panel describes ‘systematic’ persecution driving Jews out of Yemen; says 7 Jews remain
(JTA) — Systematic persecution of Jews in Yemen by Houthi rebels and a previous government has driven the ancient community almost entirely out of the country, with possibly just seven remaining ...
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The inspiring female engineer breathing new life into Yemen's ancient capital
In some trades, girls outnumbered the boys." UNESCO/Yemen Harbiya al-Hamiry, a Yemeni heritage engineer walking around Old Sana'a. When she asked one of the girls why she was training in ...
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Inside war-torn Yemen's ancient skyscraper city, dubbed the 'Manhattan of the desert,' that's on the brink of ruin
In October 2019, The Guardian's Beth McKernan took a look at the cost Yemen's civil war is having on its ancient cities. Shibam is no longer getting funding to preserve its mud brick buildings ...