QuestionsEye of the Sahara and AtlantisWas the Richat a lake or wetland within human memory, and if so when?Answer
Answer · Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis
Yes: around Plato's date of about 9600 BC, rivers filled the Richat's rings with water
Around 11,600 years ago, Plato's date for Atlantis, the Sahara was green and rivers ran into the Richat and filled its ring depressions with water, giving the rings of water that Plato describes.
Where it stands
Still possibleOne piece of evidence for, four against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Lake or marsh sediments in the ring depressions dated to about 11,600 years ago.
- Wet conditions in western Mauritania at 11,600 years ago, not an arid spell.
What would rule it out
- The ring deposits of that age are only stream gravels and wind-blown sand.
- Regional records show the western Sahara arid at about 11,600 years ago.
Evidence 1 for · 4 against
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The questions it answers
Open3 answers, none ahead
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Yes: around Plato's date of about 9600 BC, rivers filled the Richat's rings with water [Answer ANS0DCP9H3EWGDD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCP9H3EWGDD
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