Evidence · Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis

Plato's rings were belts of sea joined to the ocean by a channel, not a lake fed by rivers

In the Critias the rings round Atlantis's capital are belts of sea, cut by Poseidon and reached from the open sea by a channel 50 stades long; a lake or marsh filled by rivers is not what Plato describes.

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Yes: around Plato's date of about 9600 BC, rivers filled the Richat's rings with water

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Plato's rings were belts of sea joined to the ocean by a channel, not a lake fed by rivers [Evidence EVD0DCPAYMQ0ADF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAYMQ0ADF

@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0dcpaymq0adf,
  title     = {Plato's rings were belts of sea joined to the ocean by a channel, not a lake fed by rivers},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DCPAYMQ0ADF},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAYMQ0ADF}
}