1 Where was the Garden of Eden located: Turkey, Iraq or India? The location of the Garden of Eden is often suggested at Lake Van in Turkey or at Qurnah in Iraq. In this post we match the geographical descriptions of the Garden of Eden given in the Bible with the geography of Turkey, Iraq and India. The purpose of this exercise is to show that the Garden of Eden indeed existed and it affirms the historicity of the Holy Bible. Four Rivers of Eden in Bible The Bible describes the four rivers of Eden as follows: “The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah… The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush. The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Perath (Genesis 2:11-14). Eden in Turkey| David Rohl| Euphrates| Tigris| Uwzon| Gaihun| Lake Van British Egyptologist David Rohl has suggested that Eden could be located at Lake Van in Turkey. The Hiddekel is the Tigris, the Perath is the Euphrates, the Gihon is the Aras, and the Pishon is the Uwzon River as marked in Google Earth picture in Figure 1. We shall discuss these rivers in clockwise direction starting from the south. This suggestion is largely rooted in the similarity of names. The Pishon is suggested to be the Uwzon River because the alphabet “U” in the name Uwzon, if changed to “P,” becomes Pwzon, which is similar to Pishon. The Hiddekel is said to be Figure 1: Eden in Turkey. Photo: Traced by Author in Google Earth picture.
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Where was the Garden of Eden located: Turkey, Iraq or India? The location of the Garden of Eden is often suggested at Lake Van in Turkey or
at Qurnah in Iraq. In this post we match the geographical descriptions of the
Garden of Eden given in the Bible with the geography of Turkey, Iraq and India.
The purpose of this exercise is to show that the Garden of Eden indeed existed
and it affirms the historicity of the Holy Bible.
Four Rivers of Eden in Bible
The Bible describes the four rivers of Eden as follows: “The name of the first is
Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah… The name of the second
river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush. The name of the third
river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the
Perath (Genesis 2:11-14).
Eden in Turkey| David Rohl| Euphrates| Tigris| Uwzon| Gaihun| Lake
Van
British Egyptologist David Rohl has suggested that Eden could be located at
Lake Van in Turkey. The Hiddekel is the Tigris, the Perath is the Euphrates, the
Gihon is the Aras, and the Pishon is the Uwzon River as marked in Google Earth
picture in Figure 1. We shall discuss these rivers in clockwise direction starting
from the south.
This suggestion is largely
rooted in the similarity
of names. The Pishon is
suggested to be the
Uwzon River because
the alphabet “U” in the
name Uwzon, if
changed to “P,”
becomes Pwzon, which
is similar to Pishon. The
Hiddekel is said to be
Figure 1: Eden in Turkey. Photo: Traced by Author in Google Earth
picture.
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the Tigris by default since the other three rivers are identified. The Perath is
suggested to be the Euphrates River because the Biblical name Perath is similar
to the name Euphrates. Both names have common consonants “p,” “r,” and
“t/th.” The Gihon is suggested to be the Aras River because the name “Gaihun”
used by Islamic scholars for this river is similar to the Biblical name Gihon. Thus
the Biblical description of four rivers emerging from a mountain matches with
Lake Van.
A difference is that the Biblical narrative revolves around the Pishon and Gihon
Rivers while the Hiddekel and Perath Rivers remain in the background. At Lake
Van, on the other hand, the Tigris and Euphrates are mighty rivers while the
Aras and Uwzon, relatively speaking, remain in the background.
Eden in Iraq| Euphrates| Tigris| Karun| Wady Ermek| Al-Qurnah|