Mysterious:. Has the Garden of Eden been found?
The picture below shows the map and the illustrations of this mysterious research The Canadian ‘National Post’ reported on 11 January 2001 a claim that the Garden of Eden has been located.1 Michael Sanders, director of expeditions for the Mysteries of the Bible Research Foundation, in Irvine, California, said he found the site after a careful study of satellite photographs taken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Michael Sanders says that the Garden of Eden is in eastern Turkey because the Tigris and Euphrates rise in the mountains there (see diagram at right).2 In this region, Sanders identified four rivers and linked them with the rivers described in Genesis. These are the Murat River, the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the north fork of the Euphrates. This, he says, ‘proves that the Bible’s description of the Garden of Eden is completely and literally accurate.’ What are we to think of such claims? Many Christians would be encouraged by this report. Should...