- Name
- Iram of the Pillars
- Aliases
- Atlantis of the Sands
Iram of the Pillars
The legendary lost city in the Rub'al Khali desert, the area around the Arabian Peninsula. It's also known as "Atlantis of the Sands", a term coined by T. E. Lawrence.
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Iram of the Pillars (Arabic: إرَم ذات العماد, Iram ḏāt al-`imād), also called Aram, Iram, Irum, Irem, Erum, or the City of the tent poles, is a lost city (or perhaps tribe) mentioned in the Qur'an. It is believed to have been located around the Rub' al-Khali desert.
