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695 places in 11 mysteries

Where the mysteries happened and where their evidence was found, each placed on the map and tied to its events.

Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis
All mysteriesAmerica's missing scientists, 2021–2026Cretan HieroglyphicEtruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translatedEye of the Sahara and AtlantisHattic, Kassite and the half-read languages of the cuneiform archivesHurrian songs of UgaritMarfa lightsProto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabetProto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of UrukUnread cuneiform: half a million tablets and the limits of SumerianWhite Shaman Mural
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AdrarRegion of Mauritania
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Atlas MountainsMount Atlas of Herodotus and Pliny; Berlioux's Atlantis
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GadeiraPlato's Gadeira, the land of Atlas's twin Gadeirus
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Gulf of GabèsButavand's and Borchardt's Atlantis, between the chotts and the sea
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Lake TritonisHerodotus's and Diodorus's lake, one of its proposed sites
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OuadaneCaravan town and World Heritage ksar
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Richat StructureEroded igneous dome about 40 km across
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Strait of GibraltarPlato's Pillars of Heracles
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The Atlantes of HerodotusA Libyan people named after Mount Atlas; location unknown
Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis