Nicholas Roger Clapp, cineast, scriitor \u0219i aventurier american, supranumit \u201eun Indiana Jones din via\u021ba real\u0103\u201d pentru c\u0103utarea ora\u0219ului pierdut Ubar \u2013 \u201eAtlantida nisipurilor\u201d \u2013 a murit la v\u00e2rsta de 89 de ani \u00een locuin\u021ba sa din Borrego Springs, California, din complica\u021biile provocate de un accident vascular cerebral, a anun\u021bat fiica sa, Cristina Clapp.<\/p>\n
N\u0103scut pe 1 mai 1936 \u00een Providence, Rhode Island, Nicholas Clapp a fost fiul avocatului Roger Tillinghast Clapp \u0219i al lui Helen Clapp, voluntar la Providence Art Club. A absolvit Universitatea Brown \u00een 1957, ob\u021bin\u00e2nd o diplom\u0103 \u00een literatur\u0103 american\u0103, a servit \u00een Rezerva Armatei \u0219i a finalizat \u00een 1962 un masterat la \u0218coala de Arte Cinematografice a Universit\u0103\u021bii din California de Sud.<\/p>\n
\u00cen domeniul cinematografiei, Clapp a avut o contribu\u021bie remarcabil\u0103: a fost produc\u0103tor executiv al documentarului \u201eJourney to the Outer Limits\u201d, nominalizat la Oscar \u0219i c\u00e2\u0219tig\u0103tor al unui premiu Emmy, \u0219i director de produc\u021bie la \u201eThe Incredible Machine\u201d, un film despre func\u021bionarea corpului uman.<\/p>\n
Regizor al documentarului \u201eThe Lost City of Arabia\u201d (1996) pentru seria \u201eNova\u201d, a scris \u00een 1998 cartea \u201eThe Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands\u201d. Publica\u021bia Los\u202fAngeles Times l-a descris ulterior ca fiind \u201eun Indiana Jones din via\u021ba real\u0103\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u00cen 1981, \u00een timp ce c\u0103uta motive s\u0103 revin\u0103 \u00een de\u0219ertul Arabiei, Clapp a descoperit \u00een Los Angeles o carte de c\u0103l\u0103torii din 1932 a exploratorului britanic Bertram Thomas, \u201eArabian Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia\u201d. Aceasta i-a trezit interesul pentru ora\u0219ul mitic Ubar, pe care \u00eel asocia cu Omanum Emporium, men\u021bionat de geografii greco\u2011romani \u00een secolul al II\u2011lea d.Hr.<\/p>\n
Prin cercet\u0103ri \u00een bibliotecile Huntington \u0219i ale Universit\u0103\u021bii din California, a adunat h\u0103r\u021bi rare \u0219i documente care l-au convins c\u0103 Ubar ar putea fi localizat \u00een sudul Omanului. \u00cen 1983, a colaborat cu NASA, iar naveta Challenger a survolat de dou\u0103 ori zona cunoscut\u0103 sub numele de Cartierul Gol, detect\u00e2nd trasee de caravane str\u0103vechi ce duceau spre ruinele unui fort de piatr\u0103 la pu\u021bul de ap\u0103 Shisr.<\/p>\n
Expedi\u021bia de cercetare a inclus exper\u021bi precum geologul Ronald G.\u202fBlom, exploratorul britanic Ranulph\u202fFiennes, curatorul Alan\u202fJutzi, arheologul Juris\u202fZarins \u0219i avocatul George\u202fHedges. \u00cen noiembrie 1991, s\u0103p\u0103turile au scos la iveal\u0103 ruinele unui ora\u0219 octogonal construit \u00een jurul unui rezervor de ap\u0103 subteran.<\/p>\n
Un articol de pe prima pagin\u0103 a\u00a0The New\u202fYork\u202fTimes<\/em>\u00a0din 5 februarie 1992 a raportat c\u0103 echipa era \u201eaproape sigur\u0103\u201d c\u0103 a descoperit Ubar, conform h\u0103r\u021bilor lui Ptolemeu.<\/p>\n Clapp a fost c\u0103s\u0103torit prima dat\u0103 cu Kathryn Kelly, cu care a avut o fiic\u0103, Christina. Cei doi au divor\u021bat \u00een 2002. \u00cen 2004 s-a c\u0103s\u0103torit cu Bonnie, iar \u00eempreun\u0103 au avut o fiic\u0103, Jennifer.<\/p>\n Prin documentarele sale nominalizate la Oscar, premiile Emmy \u0219i contribu\u021biile arheologice la descoperirea unui posibil \u201eAtlantide a nisipurilor\u201d, Nicholas Clapp a inspirat genera\u021bii de exploratori \u0219i cercet\u0103tori, r\u0103m\u00e2n\u00e2nd un simbol al curajului \u0219i al pasiunii pentru misterele necunoscute ale lumii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nicholas Roger Clapp, cineast, scriitor \u0219i aventurier american, supranumit \u201eun Indiana Jones din via\u021ba real\u0103\u201d pentru c\u0103utarea ora\u0219ului pierdut Ubar \u2013 \u201eAtlantida nisipurilor\u201d \u2013 a murit la v\u00e2rsta de 89 de ani \u00een locuin\u021ba sa din Borrego Springs, California, din complica\u021biile provocate de un accident vascular cerebral, a anun\u021bat fiica sa, Cristina Clapp. Via\u021ba \u0219i […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stiri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3833,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions\/3833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Via\u021ba personal\u0103<\/h2>\n
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