# The Sahara has turned green more than 230 times in 8 million years

> The Holocene Green Sahara was one of more than 230 such periods in the last 8 million years, each taking 2 to 3 thousand years to develop, peaking over 4…

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# The Sahara has turned green more than 230 times in 8 million years

The Holocene Green Sahara was one of more than 230 such periods in the last 8 million years, each taking 2 to 3 thousand years to develop, peaking over 4 to 8 thousand years and ending within 2 to 3 thousand years.

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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). The Sahara has turned green more than 230 times in 8 million years [Evidence EVD0DCPAZ1K8TFA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAZ1K8TFA
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