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The Road To Ubar Paperback - 1999
by Clapp, Nicholas,
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Buried in the desert without a trace, the lost city of Ubar became known as "the Atlantis of the Sands." The subject of a "Nova" presentation, "The Road to Ubar" recounts Clapp's exciting discovery of this amazing locale. 60 illustrations.
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Details
- Title The Road To Ubar
- Author Clapp, Nicholas,
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks, Boston, MA
- Publication date 1999-06-16
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 457754-n
- ISBN 9780395957868 / 0395957869
- Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 8.82 x 5.27 x 0.87 in (22.40 x 13.39 x 2.21 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Arab World
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Category Archaeology / Anthropology
- Library of Congress subjects Ubar (Extinct city), Excavations (Archaeology) - Oman - Ubar
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97036640
- Dewey Decimal Code 939.49
- Quantity available 5
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Summary
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.
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First line
Over Iran, December 1980 . . . The small cargo plane flew on into a starry but moonless night.
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Citations
- Ingram Advance, 06/01/1999, Page 25
