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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionseBook editionsThe Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sandsby Nicholas Clapp
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The most fabled city in ancient Arabia was Ubar, described in the Koran as "the many-columned city whose like has not been built in the entire land." But like Sodom and Gomorrah, Ubar was destroyed by God for the sins of its people. Buried in the desert without a trace, it became known as "the Atlantis of the Sands." Over the centuries, many searched for it unsuccessfully, including Lawrence of Arabia, and skepticism grew that there had ever been a real place called Ubar. Then in the 1980s Nicholas Clapp stumbled on the legend. Poring over ancient manuscripts, he discovered that a slip of the pen in a.d. 1460 had misled generations of explorers. In satellite images he found evidence of ancient caravan routes that were invisible from the ground. Finally he organized two expeditions to Arabia with a team of archaeologists, geologists, space scientists, and adventurers. After many false starts, dead ends, and weeks of digging, they uncovered a remarkable walled city with eight towers, thi Book News Annotation:A first person account of the rediscovery of a lost city in Arabia.
Clapp, a modern version of Indiana Jones, used the Space Shuttle in
the place of a whip and a team of scientists instead of Sallah in his
successful search for a city that had been lost for almost 2000
years. He recounts earlier searches for Ubar by Harry St. John Philby
and other adventurers, and then tells his own story that begins
dramatically with his discovery of a scribe's error in the 1460s.
Clapp found that the city, which was supposedly destroyed by God
along with Sodom and Gomorrah for the sins of its people, had been
abandoned after a giant sinkhole opened up underneath it. Includes
an extensive bibliography.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-328) and index. About the AuthorNicholas Clapp, a noted documentary filmmaker, has lectured on Ubar at Brown University, the University of California at Los Angeles, California Institute of Technology, the National Georgraphic Society, and the Goddard Space Center. Clapp currently lives in Los Angeles, California. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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