Atlantis of the sands : the search for the lost city of Ubar

Author(s)

• Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir

Bibliographic Information

Atlantis of the sands : the search for the lost city of Ubar

Ranulph Fiennes

Bloomsbury, 1992

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the account of Sir Ranulph Fiennes' 24-year search for the lost city of Ubar, the Koranic version of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Arabian Desert. The existence of Ubar has been reported by many travellers over the centuries including Marco Polo, Ibn Batuta and Bertram Thomas. Having searched for the site for many years, Sir Ranulph teamed up with an American film-maker in 1968 to track down the likely site. A complete excavation is being carried out with the support of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos of Oman in the remote Bedouin village of Shisr and will take up to ten years. The author's other books include his autobiography "Living Dangerously" and "The Feather Men".

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Details

• NCID: BB10458742
• ISBN:
  • 0747513279
• LCCN: 98170679
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 192 p., [64] p. of plates
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS247.O63
  • DC21 : 939/.49
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir, 1944-
  • LCSH : Ubar (Extinct city)
  • LCSH : Excavations (Archaeology) -- Oman
  • LCSH : Oman -- Antiquities
  • LCSH : Oman -- History