Landscape disturbances even on the scale of pedestrian travel are discernible in correlation images generated from airborne, L-band SAR. We employed algorithms to calculate correlations between pairs of SAR returns, collected at different times, and generate correlation images. We used synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data collected over Peru’s Lines and Geoglyphs of the Nasca and Palpa World Heritage Site to detect and measure landscape disturbance threatening world-renowned archaeological features and ecosystems. Of using remote sensing and GIS technology in support of traditional archaeology. The interdisciplinary nature of this work demonstrates the significant and still underutilized potential Image analysis further shows no evidence of major undocumented sites in this desert region (e.g. Thus the desert environment can preserve ancient evidence of human occupation detectable in Some of these trails are demonstrably old as they passīeneath sand dunes 100 m tall. That shows a discontinuous network of trails that converge at Shisr. Is supported through regional context provided by carefully enhanced Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) and other satellite imagery The archaeological importance of the site
The site was known earlierīut its significance unappreciated, as it was never studied in adequate detail. Of historical research and application of space technology in support of traditional archaeology. The archaeological site was located, and its importance recognized, by an unusual combination Of the Roman Empire to Christianity, desert ground-water levels continued to fall and the oases dried up, and reliable sea Of legendary and other accounts clearly indicates “Ubar” was actually a region-the “Land of the Iobaritae” identified by Ptolemy.ĭesert trade was probably abandoned because of three primary factors: frankincense diminished in importance with the conversion The well, perhaps undermined by ground water withdrawal used to irrigate the surrounding oasis. Actually, much of the fortress collapsed into the sinkhole that hosted In a sandstorm as divine punishment for wicked living.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE LOST CITY OF UBAR SERIES
Is the easternmost remains of a series of desert caravansaries that supported incense trade. More recent work in Oman and Yemen indicates this fortress Period of far-flung trade through this isolated desert location. Artifacts from as far away as Persia, Rome, and Greece are found, indicating a long Of a central fortress surrounding a well. Of the Arabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter at the village of Ash Shisr in modern day Oman.
Shisr is located in the Dhofar province of Oman, about 3 hours from the provincial capital Salalah.A location that likely inspired some elements of legendary accounts of the “lost city” of Ubar has been found at the edge Read more in his book Atlantis of the Sands – The Search for the Lost City of Ubar. British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes was part of the team that discovered the ruins at Shisr after searching for decades. Lawrence (of Arabia) dubbed Ubar “Atlantis of the Sands” and talked of taking up the search himself, but he never did. Artefacts from far-away lands have been found and satellite imagery shows tracks crossing the desert and converging on the site. Whether or not the site is the legendary city, evidence is clear that it was a trading post, and caravanserai for desert caravans traveling the incense route between Arabia and the Mediterranean Sea. Excavations have revealed a fort on the site with eight 10-12 foot tall walls, joined by multiple watch towers that were about 30 feet tall. At the time, archaeologists concluded that the ancient city had disappeared into a sinkhole. The buried remains at Shisr were discovered in 1992 based on satellite imagery, ancient maps and a process of deduction. In the tales of 1001 Arabian Nights and Bedouin folk tales Ubar is described as a gilded, bejeweled city with soaring towers. Ubar (aka Wabar, Imran or Iram of the Pillars) is called out in the Quran as a wicked, many-towered city that God caused to be swallowed up in a massive sand storm. In the Rub’ al Kahli desert (the Empty Quarter, the largest contiguous sand desert in the world) at the tiny village of Shisr, Oman, ancient remains discovered in 1992 may be the legendary city of Ubar.
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