![]() Around five years ago I read Ranulph Fiennes' Atlantis of the Sands: The Search for the Lost City of Ubar, and enjoyed it such that I gave it four stars. This isn't the first book about the (re)discovery of Ubar, a city lost in the Empty Quarter, the desert of the Arabian peninsular, in modern day Oman. 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.more Filled with overwhelming curiosity, he led two expeditions to Arabia with a team that included space scientists and geologists. 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. 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 No one thought that Ubar, the most fabled city of ancient Arabia, would ever be found-if it even existed. In addition, once you are happy with our captain, you can add him to your favorite list, so the system will call him automatically every time you request a ride.No one thought that Ubar, the most fabled city of ancient Arabia, would ever be found-if it even existed. You can pay for your trip in cash/card or use the balance in your built-in wallet. In Ubar you can share your trip details, captain information and pictures to your loved ones via WhatsApp. Ubar is the newest technology available in Oman, and it has very unique and exclusive services. Therefore, our smart app is the smartest and most secure solution available in Oman. In order to actively contribute to the development of the transport sector in the Sultanate of Oman, we have provided the most intelligent and advanced solutions to manage our mission. And, we are working in parallel with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology in order to contribute In building this sector in line with Oman 2040 vision. In 2021, we decided to invest our long experience in information technology's field and provide a smart solutions in order to cover the needs for services in the public transportation sector, such as the shared taxi service through smart phone applications. Out of this ancient history of the lost city of Ubar, we were inspired by the name of our company specialized in building and developing smart cities in the Sultanate of Oman, in reference to the network of roads that linked caravans in the Arabian Peninsula to the city of Ubar, which was the most important station in the Empty Quarter desert for the exchange of commercial goods, perhaps the most prominent of which is frankincense Omani. A major wadi, or dry stream bed, runs across the middle of the image and is shown largely in white due to strong radar scattering in all channels displayed (L and C HH, L-HV)." The prominent green areas (L-HV) are rough limestone rocks, which form a rocky desert floor. The prominent magenta colored area is a region of large sand dunes, which are bright reflectors at both L-and C-band. The image is constructed from three of the available SIR-C channels and displays L-band, HH (horizontal transmit and receive) data as red, C-band HH as blue, and L-band HV (horizontal transmit, vertical receive) as green. The image covers an area about 50 by 100 kilometers (31 miles by 62 miles). The SIR-C image shown is centered at 18.4 degrees north latitude and 53.6 degrees east longitude. This image was acquired on orbit 65 of space shuttle Endeavour on Apby the Space borne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR). and was a remote desert outpost where caravans were assembled for the transport of frankincense across the desert. Archeologists believe Ubar existed from about 2800 B.C. The ancient city was discovered in 1992 with the aid of remote sensing data. ![]() "This is a radar image of the region around the site of the lost city of Ubar in southern Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula. Space Radar Image of the Lost City of Ubar,
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