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Evidence · Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis

Every later ancient writer reviewed here who repeats Plato puts Atlantis at sea, in the Atlantic

Pliny, Philo, Tertullian, Arnobius and Ammianus all repeat Plato's Atlantis as land swallowed by the Atlantic or as an island in it; none places it on the African mainland.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Every later ancient writer reviewed here who repeats Plato puts Atlantis at sea, in the Atlantic [Evidence EVD0DCPB804S9YE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPB804S9YE
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