Pseudoarchaeology21.1260° N · 11.4020° W · 400 m
Richat Structure (Atlantis Hypothesis)
Eye of the Sahara · Guelb er Richat
Cretaceous 100 Ma formation; Atlantis proposed 9600 BCE·Natural geological; Atlantis = Plato allegory @ 360 BCE·🇲🇷 Adrar Plateau, Sahara Desert, Mauritania
Ignatius Donnelly; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 22:14, 28 September 2010 (UTC) · Public domain
About
About Richat Structure (Atlantis Hypothesis)
Concentric circular erosional dome in Sahara (100 Ma igneous intrusion) promoted since 2018 YouTube as Atlantis capital matching Plato's ringed city. Geology proves domal anticline, not artificial concentric canals; no artefacts.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Geological anticline; no human structure
- Period
- Cretaceous 100 Ma formation; Atlantis proposed 9600 BCE
- Culture
- Natural geological; Atlantis = Plato allegory @ 360 BCE
- Purpose
- Promoted by pseudohistory as Atlantis capital
- Excavation
- Not applicable
Geological anticline; no human structure
Initial construction
c. 1627 CE
Rediscovery
Location
Where it is
21.1260° N · 11.4020° W · 400 m
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