# The Sahara was probably empty of people between about 28,000 and 11,500 cal BP

> Vernet judges it very likely that the Sahara was empty during the last glacial maximum, between about 28,000 and 11,500 calibrated years BP, with people…

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# The Sahara was probably empty of people between about 28,000 and 11,500 cal BP

Vernet judges it very likely that the Sahara was empty during the last glacial maximum, between about 28,000 and 11,500 calibrated years BP, with people returning only as the Holocene brought wetter conditions.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[An urban, seafaring people, the Atlanteans, lived there until about 9600 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKVGTMDYGY/an-urban-seafaring-people-the-atlanteans-lived-there-until)

Still possible

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Sahara was probably empty of people between about 28,000 and 11,500 cal BP [Evidence EVD0DCKVVA056DK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCKVVA056DK
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