| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
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Windows and shutters vary for adjacent buildings.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Detail of a house.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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The old city of Sanaa has been inhabited for over 2500 years and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Residential area.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Parked cars.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Allotments.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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The large Ali Mosque.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Two young men.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Quiet street.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Buildings with trees.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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A former wadi by the old city is now a busy road.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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The Qubbat al-Bakiriyah Mosque is over 1400 years old.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Playing games.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Camel ride in Tahir Square.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Buildings alongside a wadi.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
|
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Bridge over a dry wadi.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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The National Museum is just outside the old city.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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The museum is set in a fort like building.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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The courtyard.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Camel figurine from the Ma'en Kingdom (600 - 200 BCE).
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Onyx relief of a bull head (Hadramawt, 1st century).
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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19th century incense containers from the Islamic period.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Musnad script from the South Arabic Kingdoms (c1000 BCE to 628).
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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South Arabic script.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Embroidered wall hanging with Islamic verses.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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Two women on the roof.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Sanaa
Site / Event : National Museum
|
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View of the old city and the bus station from the roof of the museum.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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Wadi Dhahr is a mountainous region near Sanaa.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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The spectacular Wadi Dhahr.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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Houses on the valley floor.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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The village is set in the valley floor below cliffs.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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Spectacular rock formations.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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The village of Wadi Dhahr in the valley of the same name.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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The village is set in a fertile and mountainous valley.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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A group of houses.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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Settlement in the Wadi Dhahr valley.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
|
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The village is dominated by the spectacular Rock Palace.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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The Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace).
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2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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The Rock Palace is built on a large rocky outcrop and dates from the 1930s.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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The Diwan (meeting room).
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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Detail from the Rock Palace.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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Water feature.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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Parts of the Rock Palace are set against sheer cliffs.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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Room with stained glass windows.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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The kitchen and oven.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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Artefacts in the palace.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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Entertainment room.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Dhahr
Site / Event : Dar al-Hajar
|
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View from the palace to the valley below.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Said
|
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Semi-fertile landscape near Wadi Said.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Said
|
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The narrow and fertile Wadi Said valley.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Said
|
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Settlement near Wadi Said.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Said
|
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Road passing through the dry landscape.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Said
|
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Landscape near Thilla.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Said
|
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Dry landscape.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Said
|
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Settlement on a hill.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
Region : Wadi Said
|
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Dry landscape near Thilla.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Thilla is a village set against a pillar of rock.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Buildings at the base of Thilla.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The fort overlooking the village of Thilla.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The village is dramatically located.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Brickwork in the village.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Street scene.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Narrow streets.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Children playing.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Typical street scene.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Typical houses.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Collection of buildings.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Detail of a typical building.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The village overlooked by its immense fort.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The narrow streets of the village.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Decorated windows.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The mosque below the fort.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The dome of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The minaret of the mosque.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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A group of children.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Circular tower.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The buildings are made from stone bricks.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Narrow street with arch.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The village is very hilly.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Building with decorated windows.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Some of the village is deserted.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Steps.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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The pillar overlooking the village is topped by a fort.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Street scene at the foot of the fort.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Man and donkey.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Two children.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Castle-like building.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Thilla
|
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Cultivated terraces near Thilla.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Shibam
|
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The village of Shibam is at the foot of Jebel Kawkaban.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Shibam
|
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Shibam is a village set against a cliff.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Shibam
|
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Shibam (2300m) dates from the 2nd century.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Shibam
|
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Road passing through the rocky desert near Shibam.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Shibam
|
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Desert scenery near Shibam.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Kawkaban
|
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Jebel Kawkaban rises from flat countryside.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Kawkaban
|
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Jebel Kawkaban is 500m above the surrounding countryside.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Kawkaban
|
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Kawkaban (2800m) sits on top of a 500m high cliff.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Kawkaban
|
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The spectacular city of Kawkaban was capital of the region in the 15th century.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Kawkaban
|
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The city sits on the flat summit of 500m high Jebel Kawkaban.
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2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Kawkaban
|
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The cliff-top walled village.
|
2008 |
| Yemen |
City / Town : Kawkaban
|
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The entrance to the walled city.
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2008 |
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