Long-lost rivers of the Bible point to the Garden of Eden

"The Book of Genesis describes Eden as a paradise watered by a single river that split into four: Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, and Euphrates. While the Tigris and Euphrates are well-known rivers in modern-day Iraq, the Pishon and Gihon have long been lost to history, until now. The dry riverbed, called Wadi al-Batin, stretches from the western highlands of Hejaz near Medina northeast to the northern Persian Gulf near Kuwait."

"Complementing this, Iran's Karun River, a twisting waterway flowing through the Zagros Mountains, may correspond to the Gihon. The Hebrew word 'sabab,' meaning to circle or twist, aptly describes the Karun's meanders. Historically, the river ran through the Kassite territory, identified by some scholars as the land of Cush mentioned in Genesis. The discovery of Wadi al-Batin as a potential Eden riverbed dates back to the early 1990s, when Boston University geologist Farouk El-Baz analyzed radar images from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavor."

Resurfaced satellite and radar imagery reveal a fossil riverbed, Wadi al-Batin, stretching from the Hejaz highlands near Medina to the northern Persian Gulf near Kuwait. The course aligns with Genesis's description of the Pishon, which encircles Havilah, a land noted for gold, bdellium, and onyx. Modern imagery shows a pronounced delta, dunes, and depressions marking former flow. Iran's Karun River, with twisting meanders described by the Hebrew term 'sabab,' is proposed as the Gihon and historically ran through Kassite territory linked to Cush. The potential identification dates to early 1990s radar analyses by Farouk El-Baz.

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