Life in Ubar: Inside the Ancient City That Vanished Into the Earth Overnight

Before the ground swallowed it, Ubar was one of the most important cities in the ancient world. Located at the crossroads of the Arabian Peninsula’s frankincense trade routes, Ubar sat where caravans converged from the forests of southern Arabia on their way north to the markets of Rome, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. Frankincense was not a ...