#LOST CITY OF UBAR OMAN SOFTWARE#

Archeologists believe UbarĮxisted from about 2800 B.C. The ancient city was discovered in 1992 with Lost city of Ubar in southern Oman, on the Arabian This is a radar image of the region around the site of the NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file.

#LOST CITY OF UBAR OMAN SOFTWARE#

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The SIR-C image shown is centered at 18.4 degrees north latitude and 53.6 degrees east longitude. This image was acquired on orbit 65 of space shuttle Endeavour on Apby the Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR).

and was a remote desert outpost where caravans were assembled for the transport of frankincense across the desert.

Archaeologists believe Ubar existed from about 2800 B.C. The ancient city was discovered in 1992 with the aid of remote sensing data. This is a radar image of the region around the site of the lost city of Ubar in southern Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula.

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