Zabid's domestic and military architecture and its urban plan make it an outstanding archaeological and historical site. Besides being the capital of Yemen from the 13th to the 15th century, the city ...

The golden age of Zabid is strongly connected with the spread of Islam during the Rasulid dynasty from the 13th to the 15th centuries. Being the capital of Yemen and a lighthouse for the dissemination ...

Saudi-led coalition blames Al Houthis for negligence in protecting Yemen’s historical sites Zabid: Once Yemen’s capital and famed as an architectural marvel of early Islam, the town of Zabid is ...

Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2013 shows the guard tower of the historic town of Zabid in the Yemeni province of Hodeidah. Zabid's domestic and military architecture and its urban plan make it an ...

Yemen’s devastating war closes in on its historic capital, famed as an architectural marvel of early Islam. The town of Zabid can only hope to survive the three-year-long war behind its ancient mud ...

Shibam's buildings are made of mud brick. With its mud-brick buildings, Shibam, a 16th-century city surrounded by a fortified wall, has been dubbed the "Manhattan of the Desert." With buildings ...