Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...
With its mud-brick buildings, Shibam, a 16th-century city surrounded by a fortified wall, has been dubbed the "Manhattan of the Desert ... Its impressive tower-like structures rise out of ...
Situated in the heart of the Judean desert ... wall 3.5 meters high and a circular tower nine meters high attest to the advanced engineering skills of its ancient inhabitants.