United Arab Emirates “Al Madam Ghost Village”.
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On the northeastern border of the Rub al-Khali desert, an abandoned village lives out its days.
Several houses of the same type and a mosque were built in the 1980s under the Aboriginal Assistance Programme. But after two decades the Ketbi tribe left here, and the once bustling village turned into a deserted place. ⠀tribe left here, and the once bustling village turned into a deserted place. ⠀
Fans of fairy tales blame evil jinn for everything. But the cause of the ruin is more trivial. Serious errors occurred during construction. The engineers did not take into account the fact that the village lies directly in the path of migrating sand dunes.
directly in the path of migrating sand dunes.
The new settlers were unable to fight the forces of nature. They eventually moved to a new location. And their empty houses, room by room, absorb sand
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