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THE LOST CITY OF UBAR 🇴🇲
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Atlantis of the Sands refers to a legendary lost city in the southern deserts of the Arabian Peninsula, near Shisr in the Governorate of Dhofar; thought to have been destroyed by a natural disaster or as a punishment by God. The remains of the city which is commonly also called Ubar, Wabar or Iram in the Quran [ "Iram – who had lofty pillars”, the city of the people of Ad to whom the prophet Hud was sent], was discovered in 1992 by archeologists and explorers deep in the sands of Rub Al Khali, guided by ancient maps and satellite surveys. The discovery was the result of the work of a team of archaeologists led by Nicholas Clapp, who had excavated the site of a Bedouin well at Shisr. The conclusion they reached, based on site excavations and an inspection of satellite photos, was that this was the site of Ubar, or Iram of the Pillars, a name found in the Quran which may be a lost city, a tribe or an area. Sir Ranulph Fiennes, another member of the expedition, declared that this was Omanum Emporium of Ptolemy’s famous map of Arabia Felix. But the subject continues to divide the scholars. . . . . . . . .
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