# Session 1: The Eye of the Sahara and the Atlantis claim: literature review and question tree

> Built the mystery from the published record: the geology of the Richat dome, its Palaeolithic archaeology, Plato's Timaeus and Critias, and the Atlantis…

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[Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)Research session

Research session · Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis

# Session 1: The Eye of the Sahara and the Atlantis claim: literature review and question tree

Built the mystery from the published record: the geology of the Richat dome, its Palaeolithic archaeology, Plato's Timaeus and Critias, and the Atlantis identification from 2006 to the 2018 video, with the specialists' reply to each match.

Session **1** 28 Oct 2026Literature review0

## What it concluded

- The rings are a natural igneous dome about 100 million years old; the impact reading is ruled out. The Atlantis identification fails on every point that can be tested: size, setting, height above the sea, sea level at the time, and the absence of any built remains. The open questions are geological (the age of the gabbro rings) and archaeological (the age of the pebble-tool and Acheulean sites).

## What it left open

- Date the gabbro rings robustly and check their field relations against the sill model.
- Measure the rings from elevation data and test them against Plato's figures with the ring chosen in advance.
- Obtain Prince 2004 and Sao 2010 on the stratigraphy of the pebble-tool sites.
- Find any published record of Neolithic sites or tumuli at the structure.
- Read the full texts of the paywalled papers used here from their abstracts.

## Questions raised 7

[Are the Richat pebble-tool sites older than the Acheulean?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRHSFKZ2M/are-the-richat-pebble-tool-sites-older-than-the-acheulean)

QST

[Do the Richat's rings match the dimensions Plato gives for Atlantis?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRGX9PJTN/do-the-richats-rings-match-the-dimensions-plato-gives-for)

QST

[Has the sea reached the Richat Structure at any time since people lived in the Sahara?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRHE85Z9Z/has-the-sea-reached-the-richat-structure-at-any-time-since)

QST

[How did the Richat Structure form?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRBKSRCJA/how-did-the-richat-structure-form)

QST

[Is the Richat Structure the place Plato described as Atlantis?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRC3VMNXB/is-the-richat-structure-the-place-plato-described-as)

QST

[When were the gabbro ring bodies of the Richat emplaced?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRG957638/when-were-the-gabbro-ring-bodies-of-the-richat-emplaced)

QST

[Who lived at the Richat Structure, and when?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRCFJB4FD/who-lived-at-the-richat-structure-and-when)

QST

## Answers proposed 21

[A buried alkaline intrusion domed the rocks about 100 million years ago; erosion cut the dome into rings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKRQ94902X/a-buried-alkaline-intrusion-domed-the-rocks-about-100)

ANS

[An urban, seafaring people, the Atlanteans, lived there until about 9600 BC](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKVGTMDYGY/an-urban-seafaring-people-the-atlanteans-lived-there-until)

ANS

[Atlantis was Plato's invention; the Richat only shares its ringed shape](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKSQBMD29D/atlantis-was-platos-invention-the-richat-only-shares-its)

ANS

[No: Plato's rings span about 5 km, and the 127-stadia match depends on leaving out part of a 40–45 km structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKTFSACW6Z/no-platos-rings-span-about-5-km-and-the-127-stadia-match)

ANS

[No: the pebble tools belong to Acheulean assemblages and have no separate age](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKW1TPNSKE/no-the-pebble-tools-belong-to-acheulean-assemblages-and-have)

ANS

[No: the structure has stood far inland and well above the sea throughout human times](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKTXWJGX16/no-the-structure-has-stood-far-inland-and-well-above-the-sea)

ANS

[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKS8YDVFPR/none-of-these)

ANS

[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKW2BTWRZ5/none-of-these)

ANS

[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKVHH14XMN/none-of-these)

ANS

[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKTYD0979R/none-of-these)

ANS

[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKTG8H10X4/none-of-these)

ANS

[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKSR2AHNYJ/none-of-these)

ANS

[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKRR2YDYN0/none-of-these)

ANS

[Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in wet phases, later Holocene peoples who left engravings; no town](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKVGF4H3JW/palaeolithic-hunter-gatherers-in-wet-phases-later-holocene)

ANS

[Plato's 127 stadia across the city equal the Richat's 23.5 km](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKTFGYZGW6/platos-127-stadia-across-the-city-equal-the-richats-23-5-km)

ANS

[The Richat is a meteorite impact crater](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKRQK46MGA/the-richat-is-a-meteorite-impact-crater)

ANS

[The Richat is the ringed capital of Atlantis, a coastal city destroyed about 11,600 years ago](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKSPWFV6KT/the-richat-is-the-ringed-capital-of-atlantis-a-coastal-city)

ANS

[The gabbro rings are Central Atlantic Magmatic Province sills of 230 to 200 Ma, domed about 100 million years later](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKS8FZBTJG/the-gabbro-rings-are-central-atlantic-magmatic-province)

ANS

[The gabbro rings belong to the same Cretaceous complex, emplaced around 104 to 94 Ma](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKS7XXBARQ/the-gabbro-rings-belong-to-the-same-cretaceous-complex)

ANS

[Yes: some Richat pebble-tool sites are a separate industry older than the Acheulean](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKW1EGEY5B/yes-some-richat-pebble-tool-sites-are-a-separate-industry)

ANS

[Yes: the Atlantic flooded this part of the Sahara about 12,000 years ago and the land has risen since](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKTX8RFB95/yes-the-atlantic-flooded-this-part-of-the-sahara-about-12)

ANS

## Evidence found 43

[A pebble-tool site found in 1999 was in place in a palaeosol, with a refit, and judged older than the early Acheulean](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW8KM9Y4K/a-pebble-tool-site-found-in-1999-was-in-place-in-a-palaeosol)

EVD

[Archaeologists and classical philologists broadly agree Atlantis was Plato's invention](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT9K6WVRP/archaeologists-and-classical-philologists-broadly-agree)

EVD

[Carbonatite dated 99 ± 5 Ma and breccia feldspar 98.2 ± 2.6 Ma tie the hydrothermal breccia to Cretaceous magmatism](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKS0C49HJ3/carbonatite-dated-99-5-ma-and-breccia-feldspar-98-2-2-6-ma)

EVD

[Elephants, which Plato gives to Atlantis, are engraved on rocks in the Richat](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT0R6AC4J/elephants-which-plato-gives-to-atlantis-are-engraved-on)

EVD

[Engravings at Tililit of several styles show wild animals, cattle, horsemen, a chariot and inscriptions](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVTK1VK8A/engravings-at-tililit-of-several-styles-show-wild-animals)

EVD

[Field and laboratory study found the Richat and Semsiyat domes are not impact structures](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKS1TRHWVE/field-and-laboratory-study-found-the-richat-and-semsiyat)

EVD

[Geophysical models favour a deep magmatic intrusion over an impact](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKS7CAKNNQ/geophysical-models-favour-a-deep-magmatic-intrusion-over-an)

EVD

[Global sea level was lower than today, not higher, at the end of the last Ice Age](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKV5STS4RM/global-sea-level-was-lower-than-today-not-higher-at-the-end)

EVD

[Large rivers ran across western Mauritania in humid periods, as Plato's streams came down to the plain](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT1B417EK/large-rivers-ran-across-western-mauritania-in-humid-periods)

EVD

[Magnetic and gravity models show ring dykes over a deep mafic body](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKS0PVS8XH/magnetic-and-gravity-models-show-ring-dykes-over-a-deep)

EVD

[Matton and Jébrak infer an age of about 104 to 94 Ma for the whole mafic-to-felsic sequence](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKSG0HPGMT/matton-and-jebrak-infer-an-age-of-about-104-to-94-ma-for-the)

EVD

[Matton and colleagues mapped the basalts as subvertical ring dikes, not sills](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKSHFEKGXN/matton-and-colleagues-mapped-the-basalts-as-subvertical-ring)

EVD

[No assemblage has a dated stratigraphy or absolute date](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW9A4ABX1/no-assemblage-has-a-dated-stratigraphy-or-absolute-date)

EVD

[No city, pottery, walls or engineering works have been reported from the structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVVQTXTE1/no-city-pottery-walls-or-engineering-works-have-been)

EVD

[No walls, canals, harbour or other remains of a city have been found on or around the structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT29TSPJF/no-walls-canals-harbour-or-other-remains-of-a-city-have-been)

EVD

[Pebble tools in the Adrar are generally found in an Acheulean context](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW9NQQ3KW/pebble-tools-in-the-adrar-are-generally-found-in-an)

EVD

[Plagioclase 40Ar/39Ar modelling places the gabbros at 230 to 200 Ma, not in the Cretaceous](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKSGCEA21B/plagioclase-40ar-39ar-modelling-places-the-gabbros-at-230-to)

EVD

[Plato places Atlantis in the Atlantic beyond the Pillars of Heracles, ruling Libya as far as Egypt](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT8D9KGFB/plato-places-atlantis-in-the-atlantic-beyond-the-pillars-of)

EVD

[Plato's Atlantis was an island swallowed by the sea; the Richat stands about 485 m up and some 500 km inland](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT7THMZK1/platos-atlantis-was-an-island-swallowed-by-the-sea-the)

EVD

[Plato's ring widths add to 27 stades, about 5 km; 127 needs the city wall 50 stades beyond](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKTRCNSBQD/platos-ring-widths-add-to-27-stades-about-5-km-127-needs-the)

EVD

[Pre-Acheulean and Acheulean accumulations lie in the outer ring by the wadis and quartzite outcrops](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVSR3W6YJ/pre-acheulean-and-acheulean-accumulations-lie-in-the-outer)

EVD

[Salt is found in the structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKV565DQ1Q/salt-is-found-in-the-structure)

EVD

[The 1999 in-situ site differs in condition and make-up from the surface pebble tools](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKWA1RAJBT/the-1999-in-situ-site-differs-in-condition-and-make-up-from)

EVD

[The 40Ar/39Ar analyses of the gabbros gave no robust age](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKSHRYV5N1/the-40ar-39ar-analyses-of-the-gabbros-gave-no-robust-age)

EVD

[The Akerdil and Bamouéré deposits are described as pre-Acheulean and Acheulean sites](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW8XDJK7J/the-akerdil-and-bamouere-deposits-are-described-as-pre)

EVD

[The Richat's concentric rings resemble Plato's alternating belts of sea and land](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKSZVY6YJK/the-richats-concentric-rings-resemble-platos-alternating)

EVD

[The Richat's main circle measures about 23.5 km on Google Maps, the same as 127 stadia](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKTPSBQ24F/the-richats-main-circle-measures-about-23-5-km-on-google)

EVD

[The Richat's rings are incomplete ridges, not discrete belts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKTRP6JKJZ/the-richats-rings-are-incomplete-ridges-not-discrete-belts)

EVD

[The Sahara was probably empty of people between about 28,000 and 11,500 cal BP](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVVA056DK/the-sahara-was-probably-empty-of-people-between-about-28-000)

EVD

[The Younger Dryas lasted about 1,200 years and was felt mostly in high northern latitudes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT91HRKXV/the-younger-dryas-lasted-about-1-200-years-and-was-felt)

EVD

[The coesite reported from the Richat was a misidentification](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKS1CVQ4NT/the-coesite-reported-from-the-richat-was-a-misidentification)

EVD

[The crater-like shape and the kilometre-scale central breccia first suggested an impact](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKS26VSF10/the-crater-like-shape-and-the-kilometre-scale-central)

EVD

[The dated deposits formed in the African Humid Period from streams and wind, dated on shells and calcite](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKV7EAR5F8/the-dated-deposits-formed-in-the-african-humid-period-from)

EVD

[The gabbros' chemistry matches the two CAMP groups best represented in north-west Africa](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKSGVZ9GNT/the-gabbros-chemistry-matches-the-two-camp-groups-best)

EVD

[The large tools were made on the spot and concentrated by wind erosion](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVT7V51P5/the-large-tools-were-made-on-the-spot-and-concentrated-by)

EVD

[The likeness is one of shape: the rings are a natural landform with no human work in them](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKTAERZJCV/the-likeness-is-one-of-shape-the-rings-are-a-natural)

EVD

[The outer-ring sediments of 15,000 to 7,730 BP are stream and wind deposits](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKV6A6X7FG/the-outer-ring-sediments-of-15-000-to-7-730-bp-are-stream)

EVD

[The rim stands about 485 m above sea level, some 500 km from the coast](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKV70ED5NR/the-rim-stands-about-485-m-above-sea-level-some-500-km-from)

EVD

[The rings are natural cuestas of an eroded Cretaceous dome, about 100 million years old](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT1SXTFBY/the-rings-are-natural-cuestas-of-an-eroded-cretaceous-dome)

EVD

[The rings are outward-dipping quartzite cuestas, and the igneous rocks occur only inside the structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKS11JVGX0/the-rings-are-outward-dipping-quartzite-cuestas-and-the)

EVD

and 3 more

## Sources consulted 27

[African humid periods triggered the reactivation of a large river system in Western Sahara](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKN4CQ8CCN/african-humid-periods-triggered-the-reactivation-of-a-large)

SRC

[Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKN4TQBYF4/ancient-ksour-of-ouadane-chinguetti-tichitt-and-oualata)

SRC

[Coesite from the Richat Dome, Mauritania: A Misidentification](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKM3GSD7RW/coesite-from-the-richat-dome-mauritania-a-misidentification)

SRC

[Critias](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMJYJ2TGN/critias)

SRC

[Earth from Space: Eye of Africa](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMAPCVQQG/earth-from-space-eye-of-africa)

SRC

[Geophysical modelling of the deep structure of the Richat magmatic intrusion (northern Mauritania): insights into its kinematics of emplacement](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKM24ZJH5C/geophysical-modelling-of-the-deep-structure-of-the-richat)

SRC

[Histories, Book 4, chapter 191](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMMV6QV8E/histories-book-4-chapter-191)

SRC

[How old is the Eye of Africa? A polyphase history for the igneous Richat Structure, Mauritania](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKM2MNEZG1/how-old-is-the-eye-of-africa-a-polyphase-history-for-the)

SRC

[Introduction - Submergence: A special issue on Atlantis and related mythologies](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMNXJMPX1/introduction-submergence-a-special-issue-on-atlantis-and)

SRC

[Joe Rogan (Atlantipedia tag)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMZHAJA9N/joe-rogan-atlantipedia-tag)

SRC

[Le Paléolithique en Mauritanie](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMBWR1CXY/le-paleolithique-en-mauritanie)

SRC

[Les environnements sédimentaires des gisements pré-acheuléens et acheuléens des wadis Akerdil et Bamouéré (Guelb er-Richât, Adrar, Mauritanie), une première approche](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMB3NJWFE/les-environnements-sedimentaires-des-gisements-pre)

SRC

[Les gravures rupestres de l'Adrar de Mauritanie – III. Autres stations](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMJD9YXV6/les-gravures-rupestres-de-ladrar-de-mauritanie-iii-autres)

SRC

[Mythical City of Atlantis Allegedly Discovered in Sahara Desert](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMX3HPYG7/mythical-city-of-atlantis-allegedly-discovered-in-sahara)

SRC

[No – Atlantis Has Not Been Discovered in North Africa](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMY4C76PY/no-atlantis-has-not-been-discovered-in-north-africa)

SRC

[Resolving the Richat enigma: Doming and hydrothermal karstification above an alkaline complex](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKKQJ1ACWQ/resolving-the-richat-enigma-doming-and-hydrothermal)

SRC

[Richat Structure](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMAAYA011/richat-structure)

SRC

[Richat Structure (Atlantipedia tag)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMYEYD1B1/richat-structure-atlantipedia-tag)

SRC

[Richat Structure, a Cretaceous Alkaline Complex](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKM9PFDCMS/richat-structure-a-cretaceous-alkaline-complex)

SRC

[Richat and Semsiyat Domes (Mauritania): Not Astroblemes](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKM30P5P7P/richat-and-semsiyat-domes-mauritania-not-astroblemes)

SRC

[Robert deMelo (Atlantipedia tag)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMYZJCPPD/robert-demelo-atlantipedia-tag)

SRC

[Sea level and global ice volumes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKN3XPM9WV/sea-level-and-global-ice-volumes-from-the-last-glacial)

SRC

[The "eye of Africa" (Richat dome, Mauritania): An isolated Cretaceous alkaline–hydrothermal complex](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKM1S255QP/the-eye-of-africa-richat-dome-mauritania-an-isolated)

SRC

[The Lost City of Atlantis - Hidden in Plain Sight? Lost Ancient Human Civilizations](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMPJVR4FN/the-lost-city-of-atlantis-hidden-in-plain-sight-lost-ancient)

SRC

[Timaeus](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMKZGR7N0/timaeus)

SRC

[YouTube Video Claims Atlantis Is Located in the Sahara Desert](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMXEN3AXC/youtube-video-claims-atlantis-is-located-in-the-sahara)

SRC

[Étude paléoenvironnementale des sédiments quaternaires du Guelb er Richât (Adrar de Mauritanie) en regard des sites voisins ou associés du Paléolithique inférieur. Discussion et perspectives](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMBG8X0S7/etude-paleoenvironnementale-des-sediments-quaternaires-du)

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Session 1: The Eye of the Sahara and the Atlantis claim: literature review and question tree [Research session SES0DCKZYK2CKXF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/SES0DCKZYK2CKXF
```

Key

**SES** 0DCKZYK2CKXF

Kind

Research session

Number

1

Date

28 Oct 2026

Researchers

apollo, claude-opus-5-5

Version

1

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

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