Kinda wonder why ancient people didn't look at that and turn it into a massive amphitheatre or a mythical city.
netllama 2 days ago [-]
Because from the ground it doesn't look like anything at all. I've been there, and without knowing where I was, I never would have guessed that I was inside the structure.
complexifier 11 hours ago [-]
Maybe because it's in the middle of a desert.
taaha47 2 days ago [-]
Quoting from the wiki article
""The Richat Structure has been the subject of unsubstantiated fringe claims to be the site of Atlantis mentioned in the works of Plato.""
qurren 2 days ago [-]
I wouldn't believe that claim either if there is no archeological evidence, but I'm wondering why there isn't actually some civilization that walked by, said "this shit is cool", and built a city there.
If I was an ancient pharoah I certainly would have ordered a city built there. Maybe with a nice pyramid in the middle instead of some burning man
nephihaha 2 days ago [-]
Because barely one lived out there then and even fewer now.
gatlin 2 days ago [-]
Something with a name reminiscent of the Atlantic Ocean.
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""The Richat Structure has been the subject of unsubstantiated fringe claims to be the site of Atlantis mentioned in the works of Plato.""
If I was an ancient pharoah I certainly would have ordered a city built there. Maybe with a nice pyramid in the middle instead of some burning man