The Road to Ubar

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 Atlantis 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.