The Empty Quarter is appropriately named for nothing grows for miles of flat desert. Shisr is a very small oasis community of farmers, who raise crops on the otherwise desolate land. Shisr is in Oman at the south of the Arabian Desert, the biggest sand desert in the world. The intersection is at Shisr at the edge of Rub’al Khali or the Empty Quarter. That is where he decided to look for Ubar. He found huge imprints of a major caravan highway in the sand where trails intersected. He decided that satellite photos might show signs of caravan trails in the sand of the desert. Thomas Bertram, a British archaeologist, was determined to find the Lost City of Ubar. Deep in the desert of Oman, Ubar, the lost city, has been rediscovered. Ubar was a rich caravan city and Frankincense fortification. Some people believe that the City of Ubar is the one mentioned in legends. It took three hundred years to recreate the City. They gathered all the riches they were able to find. So he told his servants to reconstruct the City. He sent servants out to find the city again. He gathered great treasures from it and fled. When he had entered the City it was deserted. In One Thousand and One Arabian Nights there is a story about Abi Kilabah who lost his camel and found a city of castles and pavilions of unbelievable riches in the Desert of Al-Yaman. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, was fascinated by the stories of the lost city and wrote about Iram calling it the Atlantis of the Sands. The people did not listen and Allah destroyed the city by a sand storm and Iram was buried in the sand. The people of Iram worshipped idols and it had been warned to end the worship. It was said that the City had solid gold pillars and was very wealthy. The Koran tells of the City of Iram of the Pillars. Tales of such a city have inspired travelers over time and encouraged the search. Many adventurers have searched for the legendary city buried beneath the sands. Caravans of camels loaded with incense crossed the barren Empty Quarter Geodes found on the sands Stories tell of a wealthy city in the desert that gathered Frankincense and sent it west across the Arabian Desert to Palestine, Damascus and on to Europe. The trade made the people of Ubar and Salalah rich. Ubar was created to meet the demands in the west for religious incense. On our way we rode the red dunes of Oman Desert. Seeking the lost city of Ubar, an ancient Frankincense city. We traveled 180 km from the old capital city of Salalah, Oman in Arabian Desert Empty Quarter between Salalah, Oman and Muscat Riding sand dunes in Empty Quarter, Oman
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