An Entire Civilization Might Be Buried Under the Sahara

For nearly 9,000 years, the Sahara had one of the most stable and hospitable climates on Earth. It may have been one of the best places to live on the entire planet.

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We think of the Sahara as a vast, lifeless desert — a sea of sand stretching from horizon to horizon. But not too long ago, it was the exact opposite. The Sahara was green. Lush. Alive.

Despite its vast size, over 9 million square kilometers, only a tiny fraction of it has been archaeologically surveyed, let alone excavated. Some estimates suggest that less than 1% of the Sahara has been properly explored using modern archaeological methods.

So isn’t it at least plausible that we’re missing something? That perhaps an entire civilisation — or even multiple civilisations — once thrived here, only to be erased by time and sand?

If an advanced culture did once exist here, climate collapse could have buried its remains under dunes that stretch for hundreds of miles. Stone structures, cities, even inscriptions—preserved, but hidden.

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Sources:

African Humid Period

https://theconversation.com/the-sahara-desert-used-to-be-a-green-savannah-new-research-explains-why-216555

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41219-4

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1601503?utm

Rapid Desertification

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1020835?utm

Wikipedia’s African Humid Period entry states the onset and termination of the Green Sahara occurred “on a timescale of decades to centuries,”

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/07/990712080500.htm?utm

Genetic Evidence

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aar8380

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2018-03-21-oldest-dna-africa-offers-clues-ancient-cultures?utm

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929707624173?utm

Prehistoric desert town found in western Sahara

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5772797

Sphinx Water Erosion

https://www.robertschoch.com/sphinx.html?utm
https://theconsciousvibe.com/how-do-we-know-the-age-of-the-sphinx-does-the-sphinx-have-water-erosion-why-it-matters/?utm

Extra Sources

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/28/how-the-world-made-the-west-by-josephine-quinn-review-rethinking-civilisation?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://time.com/6166016/history-politics/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/10/ancient-river-network-discoverd-buried-under-saharan-sand

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425796002106

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025/april/ancient-human-dna-from-north-africa-reveals-hidden-history-sahara.html

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/march/ancient-human-dna-recovered-from-the-oldest-cemetery-in-africa.html

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