Ebook {Epub PDF} The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by Nicholas Clapp

7 rows ·  · The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands. The Road to Ubar.: Nicholas 3/5(6). It would be a complete amateur -- a documentary filmmaker named Nicholas Clapp -- who helped put together the expedition that found the ruins of a lost Arabian city in , a city identified in.  · Then in the s, 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 Brand: HMH Books.

The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands by Clapp, Nicholas. Documentary filmmaker Nicholas Clapp. His new book, "The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of The Sands" (Houghton Mifflin) is about his search for the lost Arabian city of Ubar. Described in the Koran as "the many-columned city" Ubar, was said to have been destroyed by God for the sins of its people. Using satellite maps to help locate it, Clapp organized two expeditions to Arabia to find Ubar. 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 s, Nicholas Clapp, a documentary filmmaker and amateur archaeologist, stumbled on the legend of the lost city while poring over historical manuscripts.

In a sense, the decline of Ubar was both sudden and gradual, a result of human activity and of the relentless hand of Mother Nature. “Over millennia, Ubar’s great well had watered countless caravans and had been drawn upon to irrigate a sizable oasis,” Clapp wrote in The Road to Ubar, his account of the expeditions. “Handspan by handspan, its waters had receded, and the limestone shelf on which the fortress rested became less and less stable.”. The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands: Author: Nicholas Clapp: Publisher. The road to Ubar: finding the Atlantis of the sands Item Preview The road to Ubar: finding the Atlantis of the sands by Clapp, Nicholas. Publication date