Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle · Aired Sep 24, 2026
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The building texts on the walls of the Temple of Edfu are the first records of Atlantis, predating Plato.
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The Temple of Edfu was built between 237 and 57 BC. Plato introduced Atlantis in the Timaeus around 360 BC, more than a century earlier, so the Edfu texts cannot come before Plato. The building texts tell an Egyptian creation myth about a first island rising from the waters where the first temple stood. They never mention Atlantis, and Plato's dialogues remain the only original source for it.
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Is it true that the building texts on the walls of the Temple of Edfu are the first records of Atlantis, predating Plato?
No, not as stated. The Temple of Edfu was built between 237 and 57 BC. Plato introduced Atlantis in the Timaeus around 360 BC, more than a century earlier, so the Edfu texts cannot come before Plato. Tyler Engle said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle, aired Sep 24, 2026, at 1:58:56. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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