The Arabs say Mecca anciently was called Mesha, from there to Sephar (Zephar or Dhofar of coastal southern Oman) the Word in Genesis 10 says settled the progeny of Joktan (who was a son of Heber and brother of Peleg), those whom built the ice age Al Magar civilization of southwestern Arabia, Ubar of western Oman, and submerged ruins suspected up the coast from Dhofar (Sephar) in the Sohar region, a rich copper mining district which during the Ice Age was known as Magan.
