Ancient CivilizationsThe Lost City of Ubar: Lost, Found, and Lost Again Posted on February 22, 2026 by Administrator Deep within the sun-scorched sands of Arabia lies the legend of a magnificent lost city, a place of towering columns and untold riches that vanished in a single day. Known to some as Ubar and to others as the many-columned city of Iram, its story is a thread woven from myth, scripture, and the tantalizing accounts of ancient geographers.