Where is the Garden Of Eden ?

Question

That is the question of the day. Now I have heard that
Adam and Eve may have been people of color. *
And the Garden Of Eden is in the Eastern part of the world.
In a place where the climate is very warm, and tropical.
And some even visit it, or that spot, to this very day.
Whether you believe in this Biblical story or not, many of
these things have been proven by scientist, who have
atheistic " perspectives. Like the Noah's Ark discovery.
Uh hah. So now we have proof, thanks to the technology,
of man.... And the universal law, of the truth , coming to
the light. So this question is for all, big and small.
Where is the Garden of Eden ? Best answer wins. *

Answer 1

According to the bible, the Garden of Eden is physically located in the delta formed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent is in modern day Iraq. In modern times they meet at the province of al-Qurna. Needless to say, it is located somewhere in modern day Iraq. Another point of reference could be that after Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden, it was never mentioned in the bible that they moved too far away, just outside the Garden. They raised their family there and there is where their numbers increased until the time of Noah. The infamous flood that moved family of Noah came from the overflow of the Tigris river. Noah's Ark finally rested at Mount Ararat the main tributary of the Tigris. Mount Ararat is shared by Turkey, Armenia and Iran. So Noah and his family drifted for forty days and forty nights out of modern day Iraq into northwestern Iran.

However, spiritually, the Garden of Eden represents the presence of God among men which was lost after the Fall of Man and reinstated at the Incarnation of Christ.

As regards to the ethnicity of Adam and Eve, a real Eve existed as evidenced by mitochondrial DNA. All human beings share the same basic DNA structure which means that human beings are descended from the line of one woman. The real Eve was ethnically African and her mitochondrial DNA passed down from generations upon generations of her daughters. These generations have traversed the world from the plains of Africa to the Middle East (Turkey) where the different factions split up to continue their quest. Some went to India to China or to Australia. Some went to Europe. The descendants of the group that went to China headed on to Russia and crossed into the American continent. The reason why there exists different skin pigmentation even if there was only one ascendant species is because the human body adapted to the environment. The humans in the tropical areas needed the high melanin content to protect themselves from the sun, whereas those in the colder climates did not need the melanin so much.

Answer 2

Answer: The only thing the Bible tells us concerning the Garden of Eden’s location is found in Genesis 2:10-14, “A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold…The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.” The exact identities of the Pishon and Havilah rivers is unknown, but the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are well known. If the Tigris and Euphrates mentioned are the same rivers by those names today, that would put the Garden of Eden somewhere in the Middle East, likely in Iraq. It cannot be mere coincidence that the Middle East region is where the planet was most lush—the place where the Garden of Eden was placed. If oil is, as most scientists believe, primarily decayed vegetation and animal matter that has decomposed, then this is the area where we might expect the greatest deposits of the substance we call oil. Since the Garden was the epitome of perfection, it stands to reason that the decomposition of the earth’s most perfect and lush organic materials would produce vast stores of the earth’s best oil. People have searched for the Garden of Eden for centuries to no avail. There are various locations that people claim to be the original location of the Garden of Eden, but we cannot be sure. What happened to the Garden of Eden? The Bible does not specifically say. It is likely that the Garden of Eden was completely destroyed in the Flood or that it lies decomposing into oil buried beneath centuries of sand deposits.

Answer 3

Well, the Garden of Eden probably does not exist as such!



HOWEVER, it is a myth in pre jewish legend also. Remember the Hebrews originally lived in Mesopotamia, home of the Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians.



The Hebrews picked up many stories from the Mesopotamians, including the Garden of Eden, the flood, the ten commandments etc.



Eden was probably an area in the near east with lush vegetation, good soil, natural beutifullness etc...it was probably somewhere in Mesopotamia or Asia Minor.



People of colour? Well Adam and Eve didnt exist, however most of the biblical peoples were dark haired, dark eyed, olive skinned peoples; IE Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Akkadians, Egyptians, Hittites, Carthaginians, Hebrews, Phrygians, Lydians, Scythians, Elamites etc were all like this, they were NOT White OR Black.

Answer 4

Its a story, nicked from the Babylonians. But if you are silly enough to think that it was an actual place, then you must also swallow the other story that talks about a big flood, also nicked from the Babylonians, which would have swept it away.



The Bible has a nice little trick of destroying the evidence of any 'fact' it creates to tell a story a few lines later, so nobody can question the 'fact'



The origin of the term "Eden", which in Hebrew means "delight", may lie with the Akkadian word edinu, which itself derives from the Sumerian term E.DIN - arid steppe land (west of the Euphrates.)



The Book of Jubilees, canonical to this day in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, relates a tradition that the angels did not place Adam in the garden until his 40th day, and his wife Eve on the 80th day. Later on (4:23-27), it states that they also conducted Enoch into the garden of Eden when he was translated from the Earth at age 365, where he records the evil deeds of mankind for all time — adding further that the garden is one of four holy places that the Lord has on Earth, the other three being Mount Sinai, Mount Zion, and the 'Mount of the East' (usually assumed by scholars to mean Mount Ararat).



Most put the Garden somewhere in the Middle East near Armenia, with Jewish tradition citing Yerevan at 40°10′12.0″N, 44°31′12.0″E, and with Mount Ararat only 30 miles to the south west. Some theologians have claimed that the Garden never had a terrestrial existence, but was instead an adjunct to heaven as it became identified with Paradise.



The text asserts that the Garden was planted in the eastern part of the region known as Eden, and that in Eden, the river divided into four branches: Hiddekel (also known as Tigris), Euphrates, Pishon and Gihon. While the identity of the first two is commonly accepted, the latter two rivers have been the subject of much debate. If the Garden of Eden had been near the sources of the Tigris and the Euphrates, then the narrative might have identified it as located in the Taurus Mountains, or in Anatolia, specifically the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey.



In Assyrian records, there is mention of a "Beth Eden", (House of Eden), a small Aramaean state, located on the bend of the Euphrates River just south of Carchemish, in the vicinity of Urfa and Harran (Turkey). This is located approximately 430 miles south west of Yerevan at 36°55′N, 38°00′E.



Satellite photos reveal two dry riverbeds flowing toward the Persian Gulf near where the Tigris and Euphrates also terminate. This would account for four easterly flowing rivers. Archaeologist Juris Zarins claimed that the Garden of Eden was situated at the head of the Persian Gulf, where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers run into the sea at 29°47′0″N, 48°38′0″E, from his research on this area using information from many different sources, including Landsat images from space. In this theory, the Bible’s Gihon River would correspond with the Karun River in Iran, and the Pishon River would correspond to the Wadi Al-Batin river system (also now called the Kuwait River) that 2,500-3000 years ago drained the now dry, but once quite fertile central part of the Arabian Peninsula from the Hijaz mountains 600 miles to the South West. This theory is supported by C. A. Salabach



Some of the historians working from within the cultural horizons of southernmost Sumer, where the earliest surviving non-Biblical source of the legend lies, point to the quite genuine Bronze Age entrepôt of the island Dilmun (now Bahrain) in the Persian Gulf, described as 'the place where the sun rises' and 'the Land of the Living'. The setting of the Babylonian creation myth, Enûma Elish, has clear parallels with the Genesis narratives. After its actual decline, beginning about 1500 BC, Dilmun developed such a reputation as a long-lost garden of exotic perfections that it may have influenced the story of the Garden of Eden. Some interpreters have tried to establish an Edenic garden at the trading-center of Dilmun.



There is also a Sumerian story about a mountainous kingdom accessible from Sumer by river called Aratta.



but in all honesty, you might as well just choose the place that suits your own view-point?

Answer 5

I wonder who named it the "Mediterranean" Sea, meaning "the sea in the middle of land." The earliest people to dwell on its shores could not have known it was surrounded by land. I take this as evidence that the area was once dry lowlands, warm and lush, then it flooded.



The Garden of Eden is at the bottom of the Mediterranean. I have believed this for many years.

Answer 6

The garden of eden was located in modern day Iraq. The Bible says that the tigris and euphrates rivers flowed near or through the garden

Answer 7

Well, if by "Garden of Eden" you mean the place where all life started, that would be the oceans of the earth billions of years ago. If you mean the origin of terrestrial life, then Pangaea was the Garden of Eden. If you mean the origin of Homo sapians, then Africa was the Garden of Eden.

Lastly, if you are a Mormon, then you believe that Independence, Missouri was the Garden of Eden... in which case, you would be wrong.

Answer 8

I dunno, I always thought it was a place that wasn't on earth. but I guess I was wrong, neways they HAVE not found Noah's Ark! I know that for a fact! They were LOOKING for it, but it was never found. Plus to me it seems silly to even worry about all this. Because the whole point of FAITH is knowing with out factually having knowledge. you know? :) and one more thing, when scientist talk about the garden of Eden they are not talking about the same thing that you are talking about.

Answer 9

According to Joseph Smith, founder of non-profit Mormonism, in Independence, Missouri, USA.



If this were not true, then Mormonism would not be a non-profit, tax-exempt, faiths-based religion fully approved of by the Bush, Jr. Texas Methodist White House, would it?



Oh, by the way, Adam and Eve are buried in Hebron, Israel, according to the non-profit religion of Judaism.



Again, if the burial site of Adam and Eve was not real, Judaism would not be approved by the Bush, Jr. Texas Mehodist White House as a non-profit, tax-exempt faiths-based religion, would it?

Answer 10

It was originally located somewhere in the vicinity of Iraq.



Genesis 2:10-14 gives precise location. I think the names of some of the rivers listed have been changed.



That's about as much info as you're gonna get out of me at my level of caffeination.

Answer 11

If you read Genesis 2 carefully, the clues should lead you to north-western Iraq, not far from the world's oldest city, Qur.

Answer 12

Around Iraq, i think. Genesis gives the exact location, although some rivers etc have different names.

Answer 13

Many people think that it is in ancient Mesopatainia. The fertile cresent. Eve folowed the devils trickery and tricked her to eat from the tree of wisdom. She did and now the world suffers from sin. The bible does not mention where it is but it did exist.

Answer 14

Actually some believe it to be in the Bermuda Triangle because of all the weird stuff that happens there, but yet no one can access it! Look it up! It's really REALLY interesting.

Answer 15

First on the left , just past the Kings Arms.

Answer 16

Well technically it doesn't exist any more.



After the fall of man God placed cheribum at the edge with flaming swords to gaurd it.



But when the flood occured, it would've been destoryed.



There are many who speculate where it was but my personal belief is that it was located where the Fertile Cresent was.

Answer 17

I saw a special on tv about a bunch of scientists and researchers trying to find it. They think it was located somewhere in Iran.

Answer 18

where is this ark?



we have high resolution satellite photo capability where we can see a fly on a camel's nose, and you still can't produce 1 solid photo of noah's ark....



the garden is in the imagination of christians

Answer 19

Not sure, but if you hear the whining, strained girlie-tones of Mr Axel Rose then just home in them cos apparently he's in there, lost.

Answer 20

It is said to be in the north of Africa, the scriptures tell of rivers running through and crossing (I think) and so it is said that it must be north africa.

Answer 21

Its half a mile past the small village of comeley sprout, turn left into dingledangle lane, you will see the church of st bunion on your right hand side and it is sign posted from there.... actually I heard that adam and eve were infact a pain of wildebeest!

Answer 22

It's about 20 miles south of Hogwarts.



There is a big man with a flaming sword guarding it though, so you'll need to research a spell to put him to sleep before you can slip past him.



(What? You don't find that believable? I suppose you don't believe in goblins, either... Hmphh... muggles...)

Answer 23

Many say Iraq, though I doubt we'll ever know for sure.

Answer 24

In today's Iraq... NOT IN THE HOLY LAND!!!!

Answer 25

it is a fairy tale it is not real it is in the fairy tale land of shrek not far from far far away

Answer 26

The garden of Eden would by definition be in Eden. However there is no god so i guess there is no Eden.

Answer 27

on planet earth, all the earth was eden it was a state of ignorance

Answer 28

It is either somewhere in central africa or it actually IS Hawaii, and we refuse to acknoledge it.

Answer 29

In your head.



Just like the rest of the lies.

Answer 30

In the Bible.

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Answer 31

IN THE TOILET OF THE ZOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!