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Mud-Brick Tower Houses of Shibam

An elevated view of the mud-brick tower houses of Shibam, Yemen, illuminated by the soft light of dawn with long shadows cast across the surrounding palm groves and desert landscape.

The mud-brick tower houses of Shibam at dawn, first sun on the lime-washed upper storeys and long shadows down the wadi, ochre walls hand-plastered and pitted by rain, date palms in the floodplain below, 135mm from the escarpment See more

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