The Vanishing of Jabaliya

An entire city vanished in a single night — leaving meals on tables and doors wide open.

In 9th-century Persia, caravan travelers reached the city of Jabaliya expecting trade.

Instead, they found silence. Gold left behind. Animals still tied. No signs of battle,

disease, or escape. The only clue? Spiral symbols carved into walls,

all pointing north into the desert. A search party went after the missing population… and

never returned. When modern explorers reached the ruins in the 1930s, they found one chilling

detail: fresh footprints — as if someone had been there that morning.