Atlantis of the Sands is the fictional name of a legendary lost city in the southern Arabian sands, claimed to have been destroyed by a natural disaster or as a punishment by God. The search for it was popularized by the 1992 book Atlantis of the Sands – The Search for the Lost City of Ubar by Ranulph Fiennes.Various names have been given to this city, the most common being Uber, Wabar, and Iram.
