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Answer · Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis

An urban, seafaring people, the Atlanteans, lived there until about 9600 BC

A city-building, seafaring civilisation occupied the structure until its destruction around 9600 BC, and the tools found there are its traces.

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Where it stands

Still possibleNone pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Walls, houses, harbours or canals on the rings and in the centre.
  • Occupation layers dated to the 10th millennium BC.
  • Metal, pottery or worked stone of a kind beyond hunter-gatherer technology.

What would rule it out

  • Survey and excavation that find only Palaeolithic and later surface material, with no built remains.

Evidence none for · 2 against

The questions it answers

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Mysteries Department. (2026). An urban, seafaring people, the Atlanteans, lived there until about 9600 BC [Answer ANS0DCKVGTMDYGY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKVGTMDYGY
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