world's oldest skyscraper city!

world's oldest/first skyscraper city - Shibam, Yemen
Shiban, Yemen (called 'the Manhattan of the DesertÂ", and Â"town with the worldÂ's first skyscrapers)
is thought to have been in existence since the second century AD,
and the skyscrapers themselves (more than 500 buildings over 30 meters) date back to 8th century AD.



UNESCO World Heritage, Shibam
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=192

Have any forumers been there?>