![]() ![]() ![]() whose like has not been built in the entire land.” Also convincing is the sinkhole, which confirms that the city met a cataclysmic end. ![]() The towers were the primary distinguishing feature of Ubar and are the strongest proof that this is in fact Ubar, which is described in the Koran as “the many-towered city. At each corner stood a tower, roughly 10 feet in diameter and 30 feet tall. The fortress, they found, was ringed by eight walls, each about two feet thick, 10 to 12 feet high and about 60 feet long. In times of trouble, the fortress served as a safe haven whose walls and towers were never breached. So the bulk of the “city” would have left few permanent traces, except for fire pits, which the team found in abundance.īut at the center of the tent city was a permanent fortress that served as the home of the king, as a processing and storage facility for the frankincense and as a record-keeping center. Most Arabs in the past have lived not in traditional dwellings but in tents whose sides can be opened to allow cooling breezes. What they found was not a city in the conventional sense. Ultimately, the weight of the city caused the cavern to collapse in a massive sinkhole, destroying much of the city and causing the rest to be abandoned. In building his “imitation of paradise,” the legendary King Shaddad ibn ‘Ad unknowingly constructed it over a large limestone cavern. Moreover, the researchers say they have documented how the city fell, and that it did not appear to be by divine retribution for wickedness. In a news conference today at the Huntington Library in San Marino, the researchers will announce that the site excavated over the past two months reveals an unusual eight-sided structure that must have been every bit as magnificent as it was portrayed in legend. The Lost City of Ubar: The History and Legends of the Ancient Arabian City Known as the Atlantis of the Sands Paperback Large Print, Augby Charles River Editors (Author) 15 ratings Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 1 million more titles 2.99 to buy Audiobook 0. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, called it “the Atlantis of the sands” and, like the undersea Atlantis, many scholars doubted that Ubar ever existed. The ancient city was discovered in 1992 with the aid of remote sensing data. 27, 1999 This is a radar image of the region around the site of the lost city of Ubar in southern Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula. Ubar’s rulers became wealthy and powerful and its residents-according to Islamic legend-so wicked and debauched that eventually God destroyed the city, allowing it to be swallowed up by the restless desert. Space Radar Image of the Lost City of Ubar Jan. ![]()
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