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In 1932, twenty-five expeditions were launched to find the Lost City. They crisscrossed the desert area in the direction of Farini. F. R. Paver and Dr. W. M. Borcherds headed out from Upington to search the desert sands, flying over the area in reconnaissance aircraft and subsequently suggesting a number of explanations.
In modern times, the mystery of the lost city of Atlantis has generated several books, films, articles, and web pages. (See Atlantis in popular culture) [8] [9] On a smaller scale, Arabia has its own legend of a lost city, the so-called "Atlantis of the Sands", which has been the source of debate among historians, archaeologists and explorers, and a degree of controversy that continues to this ...
The ancient Saudi Arabia fortification was approximately 9 miles long when it was in use during the Bronze Ages, archaeologists said. Satellite images reveal desert ruins — and lead to 4,000 ...
Dush, Egypt, or (Douch in French) formerly known as Kysis, [1] is a small Ptolemaic and Roman era fortress located in Egypt's vast Western Desert in the Kharga Oasis. [2] [3] which was built under the Ptolemies and then under the Roman Emperors Domitian, Trajan and Hadrian. Dush is strategically located "about 15 km northeast of El-Qasr, at a ...
Hatra (/ ˈ h æ. t r ə /; Arabic: الحضر (Arabic pronunciation: [ˈħadˀ.ra]); Syriac: ܚܛܪܐ) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. The ruins of the city lie 290 km (180 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 110 km (68 mi) southwest of Mosul.
Shivta (Hebrew: שבטה), originally Sobata (Greek: Σόβατα) or Subeita (Arabic: شبطا), is an ancient city in the Negev Desert of Israel located 43 kilometers southwest of Beersheba. [3] Shivta was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2005, as part of the Incense Route and the Desert Cities of the Negev , together with Haluza ...
See ancient finds from China Rare coins minted during ancient Olympic Games unearthed in Greece, photos show Satellite images reveal desert ruins — and lead to 4,000-year-old ‘walled oasis’
Avdat or Ovdat (Hebrew: עבדת), and Abdah or Abde (Arabic: عبدة), are the modern names of an archaeological site corresponding to the ancient Nabataean, Roman and Byzantine settlement of Oboda (tabula Peutingeriana; Stephanus Byzantinus) or Eboda (Ptolemaeus 5:16, 4) [1] in the Negev desert in southern Israel.