# One leaf-wax record starts the Green Sahara about 11,000 years ago, after Plato's date

> Marine leaf-wax records off the western Sahara put the start of the Green Sahara at about 11,000 years ago, some centuries after the 11,600 years the…

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# One leaf-wax record starts the Green Sahara about 11,000 years ago, after Plato's date

Marine leaf-wax records off the western Sahara put the start of the Green Sahara at about 11,000 years ago, some centuries after the 11,600 years the proponents give for Atlantis's destruction.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Yes: around Plato's date of about 9600 BC, rivers filled the Richat's rings with water](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCP9H3EWGDD/yes-around-platos-date-of-about-9600-bc-rivers-filled-the)

Still possible

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Mysteries Department. (2026). One leaf-wax record starts the Green Sahara about 11,000 years ago, after Plato's date [Evidence EVD0DCPAY8WFXSX]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAY8WFXSX
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[Session 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/sessions/SES0DCPG24DVVS2/session-2-atlantis-in-the-ancient-sources-the-green-sahara) · 28 Oct 2026

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