Closely resembling Namibia’s Kolmanskop, Al Madam is yet another sand-buried village, this one located in a desert about 40 miles southeast of Dubai. The village—which was most likely built in the 1970s and abandoned shortly after—is made up of two rows of houses and a mosque, all at least partially covered by the encroaching dunes. As with all ghost towns, Al Madam has a sort of haunted quality to it, made even spookier by the surrounding, seemingly endless sea of ochre sand.Source
