Ruins of houses in the deserted village Sab Bani Khamis in Jebel Shams in Oman
Ruins of houses in the deserted village Sab Bani Khamis in Jebel Shams in Oman. The deserted village Sab Bani Khamis was abandoned after a dam closed off their water supply that made it possible to live there. Just simply imagine a rocky ledge of no more than thirty meters wide with a deadly drop to the depths of the canyon. A couple of terrasses where they managed to grow crops and a few mud houses underneath a hanging ledge that towers above for hundreds of meters. Jebel Shams, which translates to “Mountain of Sun” is an mountain located in north-eastern of Oman and has an altitude of approximately meters ( feet). Jebel Shams is not really a mountain as you’d expect, it’s a mindboggling crevasse of immense proportions, therefore the name “Oman’s Grand Canyon” or “The Grand Canyon of Arabia” is way more fitting.
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Location: “Jebel Shams” “Jabal Shams” Oman Middle-East Arabia
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