Nicholas Clapp - Wikipedia
Nicholas Clapp is a Borrego Springs, California based writer, film-maker, and amateur archaeologist who has been called "a modern day Indiana Jones". [1] He has received 70 film awards (including Emmys ), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and several films that he edited have received Academy Award nominations.
Clapp, Nicholas 1936- - Encyclopedia.com
Clapp read extensively about Ubar's history and determined its probable site. He also obtained help from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which allowed him to use radar images from the space shuttle to search for traces of the ancient city beneath the desert sands.
Who Killed Chester Pray?: A Death Valley Mystery: Clapp, Nicholas …
Oct 1, 2007 · Filmmaker and archeologist Nicholas Clapp reconstructs the troubled life and mysterious demise of gold-prospector Chester Pray, who was found dead at his claim in California's aptly named Death Valley in June of 1913.
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The Road To Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands: Clapp, Nicholas …
Jun 16, 1999 · Then in the 1980s, Nicholas Clapp, a documentary filmmaker and amateur archaeologist, stumbled on the legend of the lost city while poring over historical manuscripts. Filled with overwhelming curiosity, he led two expeditions to Arabia with a team that included space scientists and geologists.
'Atlantis of the Sands': A Sizzling Tale - Los Angeles Times
Mar 15, 1998 · For Clapp, the obsession to find the buried city became a 13-year odyssey that led him from staid research libraries in Southern California to one of Earth’s last remaining wastelands.
Nicholas Clapp - Sunbelt Publications
Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author Nicholas Clapp has studied, filmed, and written the deserts of the world.
The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of... by Clapp, Nicholas
Feb 10, 1998 · In the 1980s, Clapp, a documentary filmmaker, undertook to find the city. After exhaustive research that took him from ancient texts to satellite photos, he eventually led an expedition that finally located Ubar in what is now Oman.
Nicholas Clapp - IMDb
Nicholas Clapp. Editor: National Geographic Specials. Nicholas Clapp is known for National Geographic Specials (1965), Lost City of Arabia (1992) and The Road to Ubar (1996).
The Road to Ubar : Finding the Atlantis of the Sands - Google …
Jun 16, 1999 · Documentary filmmaker and amateur archaeologist Nicholas Clapp first stumbled on the legend of Ubar in the 1980s while poring over historical manuscripts. Filled with overwhelming curiosity,...
Nicholas Clapp | Encyclopedia.com
Nicholas Clapp American filmmaker credited with finding the lost Arabian city of Ubar. Clapp began researching ancient maps and literature for possible locations of the legendary city.