From the Ground Up

mud bricks drying in the sun                                                           screen shot

There's a 16th-century city in Yemen, on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, called Shibam. It's home to what might be called the world's first high rises, buildings up to seven stories high ~ and all made from mud (video): http://www.bbc.com/travel/video/worlds-wonders/20130530-yemens-mud-city-of-shibam

the walled city of Shibam                              © Aneta Ribarska