Using the imagery, the team was able to pick out the ancient trade routes, which were packed down into hard surfaces by the passage of hundreds of thousands of camels.
The radar was able to “see” through the overlying sand and loose soil to pick out subsurface geological features. Hyperborea Or Atlantis Ruins: Underground Secrets Of The Sacred Lake On The Arctic CircleĬlapp persuaded JPL scientists Charles Elachi and Ronald Blom to scan the region with a special shuttle radar system that was flown on the last successful mission of Challenger.Bolivia And The Mystery Of The Twins Of Atlantis.Mysterious Ancient Structures Hidden Under The Sand In The Sahara Desert Could Re-Write History Of Ancient Egypt.The neolithic village was apparently located on the banks of a river–long since dried up–and its residents farmed a substantial area.Įven in the time of Ubar, 3,000 years after the neolithic village, rainfall was more plentiful and the well supplied quite large quantities of water, enough to support not only the city itself but also the camel caravans that traversed the forbidding desert. The researchers have already found evidence that the climate was much different at that time. Among the mysteries of the region the findings may help resolve, for example, is whether the Queen of Sheba, who would have been contemporaneous with Ubar, really existed. “The discoveries are expected to shed considerable light on the early history of the region, which has been shrouded in myth, said George Hedges, 39, a Los Angeles lawyer who with 53-year-old filmmaker Nicholas Clapp was one of the leaders of the expedition. C.” A sketch showing what the city Iram of Pillars. The researchers also discovered the remains of a nearby neolithic village that may date to at least 6000 B. 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. Researchers said they “documented how the city fell, and that it did not appear to be by divine retribution for wickedness. 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,” Los Angeles Times reports. 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.Į.
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