Full name: The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands

Author: Nicholas Clapp Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Travel, History Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads OpenLibrary Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780395957868 0395957869

No one thought that Ubar, the most fabled city of ancient Arabia, would ever be found-if it even existed. Buried in the desert without a trace, it had become known as "the Altantis of the Sands." Many had searched for Ubar, including Lawrence of Arabia. Then in the 1980s, Nicholas Clapp, a documentary filmmaker and amateur archaeologist, stumbled on the legend of the lost city while poring over historical manuscripts. Filled with overwhelming curiosity, he led two expeditions to Arabia with a team that included space scientists and geologists. The discovery of Ubar was front-page news across the world and was heralded by Time as one of three major scientific events of the year. Similar books: Gods, Graves & Scholars by C. W. Ceram In Europe by Geert Mak Ancient North America by Brian Fagan Lives in Ruins by Marilyn Johnson Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane Cities of Gold by Douglas Preston South with Endurance by Frank Hurley The Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester Amsterdam by Russell Shorto A Traveller in Rome by H. V. Morton Voices of the Old Sea by Norman Lewis Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton Looking for the Lost by Alan Booth Goodnight, Mister Lenin by Tiziano Terzani Korea by Daniel Tudor The Big Roads by Earl Swift The Road from the Past by Ina Caro Landfalls by Tim Mackintosh-Smith South from Granada by Gerald Brenan