# In the eastern Sahara the drying was gradual: dust from about 4300 years ago, desert by about 2700

> A 6000-year lake record from northern Chad shows the eastern Sahara drying progressively, with dust from about 4300 calendar years ago and the modern…

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# In the eastern Sahara the drying was gradual: dust from about 4300 years ago, desert by about 2700

A 6000-year lake record from northern Chad shows the eastern Sahara drying progressively, with dust from about 4300 calendar years ago and the modern desert by about 2700 years ago, rather than abruptly.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Wet but not a ringed lake: streams and small lakes in the African Humid Period, about 14,800 to 5,500 years ago](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCP9GQMCS19/wet-but-not-a-ringed-lake-streams-and-small-lakes-in-the)

Still possible

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Mysteries Department. (2026). In the eastern Sahara the drying was gradual: dust from about 4300 years ago, desert by about 2700 [Evidence EVD0DCPAG9FVWCG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAG9FVWCG
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