Evidence · Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis

Herodotus's Atlantes are a Libyan people named after Mount Atlas, with no island and no flood

Herodotus, writing before Plato, describes the Atlantes as a people living by a hill of salt on the Libyan ridge, named after Mount Atlas, "the pillar of heaven"; he says nothing of an island, a sea or a catastrophe.

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No: every ancient writer reviewed here who places Plato's Atlantis puts it in the Atlantic

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Herodotus's Atlantes are a Libyan people named after Mount Atlas, with no island and no flood [Evidence EVD0DCPB8KZ8VPY]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPB8KZ8VPY

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  title     = {Herodotus's Atlantes are a Libyan people named after Mount Atlas, with no island and no flood},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DCPB8KZ8VPY},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPB8KZ8VPY}
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