Lost Ubar, Irem, the City of Pillars, the Atlantis of the Sands...

Beautiful Art...

The Quran, chapter 89 (Al-Fajr), verse 6 to 14:

6: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Aad -

7: [With] Iram – who had lofty pillars, 8: The likes of whom had never been created in the lands 9: And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley? 10: And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? – 11: [All of] whom oppressed within the lands 12: And increased therein the corruption. 13: So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

14: Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Iram is used in quatrain 5 of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam to describe the brevity of human endeavors:

Iram indeed is gone with all its Rose,

And Jamshyd's Sev'n-ring'd Cup where no one knows;

But still the Vine her ancient Ruby yields,

And still a Garden by the Water blows.

Also a great location in the video game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception...:)

Upcoming Sword breaker Dungeon World Fanzine to feature this location....http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/11205/Sword-Breaker



I wrote a Dungeon Starter based on Ubar's Legend in this product (City of Pillars)......http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/194173/20-Dungeon-Starters