ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Atlantis of the Sands

Okay kiddo, have you ever heard of a place called Atlantis? It's a city from a long time ago that was supposed to be really amazing, but it disappeared and nobody can find it anymore. Well, some people think that there's another city like Atlantis in the Middle East, and it's called the Atlantis of the Sands.

This place is supposed to be in a really big desert called the Empty Quarter, and it's super old. It's said to have been a big city with lots of buildings, homes, and even a palace made of pure gold! People used to live there a long time ago, but then something happened and the city was buried in sand.

People have been searching for this Atlantis of the Sands for many years, but nobody has been able to find it yet. It's kind of like trying to find a needle in a haystack. But some people believe that the city is still out there somewhere, waiting to be discovered.

The sands of the empty quarter are really big and it can be really hard to find anything in there. It's a massive desert that stretches out for miles and miles, with giant sand dunes that look like mountains. Even if you had a very good idea of where the city was, it would still be really hard to find it.

So even though nobody has found the Atlantis of the Sands yet, people are still looking for it. Maybe someday someone will discover this lost city and learn more about what life was like a long time ago in the Middle East.