Where Paradise was located
by Damien F. Mackey Roth, following one whom he calls the “amateur historian Reginald Walker”, proceeds to identify the biblical Gihon with “... the river Aras , flowing into the Caspian Sea from the mountains north of Lake Urmia [which river] was once called Gaihun”. The Pishon, he identifies with “... the river Uizhun (the modern Kezel Uzun) ... [which] flows from the mountains of Kurdistan and empties into the southern basin of the Caspian Sea”. Introduction In 1999 there appeared in the colour supplement to The Weekend Australian newspaper an article by David Roth [ * ] “In Search of Eden ”, which was a serious attempt by Roth to locate the original Eden . The article was prefaced by: Did Eve tempt Adam with the apple? Did God banish them from Paradise ? Regardless of your religious beliefs, evidence suggests the Garden of Eden was based on a real place. Archeologist and author DAVID ROTH followed a trail of clues...