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Lost City of Arabia
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Program Overview
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Ubar is the classic lost city of Arabia. The
tale of its splendor and sudden catastrophic downfall is one of the most
colorful of the Arabian Nights. One of the earliest maps of the region
drawn up by Claudius Ptolemy in 150 AD seems to prove that it really existed,
but the actual site eluded a generation of scholars and explorers. Drawing on
travelers' tales and space-based remote sensing, an American expedition headed
into the vast wasteland of Oman's Rub' al-Khali desert, the largest sea of sand
on earth. Their dramatic rediscovery of the lost city made headlines around
the world in 1992, and is presented in all its enthralling detail for the first
time on NOVA.
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