"Many scholars have long assumed that because the Tigris and Euphrates run through modern-day Iraq, Eden must have been in that region. However, Mahmood Jawaid, a chemical engineer based in Texas, argued Eden was actually in Bahir Dar, a fertile region in northwestern Ethiopia near the southern end of Lake Tana, where the Blue Nile begins. Jawaid based his research on a careful reading of both the Bible and the Quran, analyzing descriptions of Adam and Eve, the rivers and the garden itself."
"The 2025 study, which has not been peer-reviewed, noted the Blue Nile could correspond to the Biblical Gihon, and Lake Tana's outflows divide into multiple waterways, potentially forming the four rivers described in Genesis. Early human evolution also played a role in this theory, proposing that Adam may have evolved from Homo habilis or a late form of Australopithecus in the East African Rift Valley near Olduvai Gorge, a region considered a cradle of humanity."
Bahir Dar, a fertile highland region in northwestern Ethiopia near Lake Tana, is proposed as the location of the Garden of Eden. The Blue Nile could correspond to the Biblical Gihon, and Lake Tana's outflows can divide into multiple waterways that resemble the four rivers named in Genesis. Early human evolution in the East African Rift near Olduvai Gorge supports a scenario in which an early human ancestor could have originated nearby and then been placed in the Bahir Dar highlands before descending ('habata') into the Rift Valley. The high elevation, lush vegetation, abundant wildlife and flowing Blue Nile match descriptions of a paradisiacal garden.
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