David Rohl Places Garden of Eden Near Tabriz, Citing 4 Rivers in Northwestern Iran
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Updated · The Collector · Jul 19
David Rohl Places Garden of Eden Near Tabriz, Citing 4 Rivers in Northwestern Iran
1 articles · Updated · The Collector · Jul 19
Summary
Northwestern Iran near Tabriz is David Rohl’s latest proposed site for the Garden of Eden, centered on a mountain-ringed valley about an hour from the city.
Four rivers drive his case: Rohl identifies the biblical Gihon and Pishon as the Araxes and Uizhun, alongside the Tigris and Euphrates, to place all 4 headwaters in one broad region.
Mount Sahand and nearby Kusheh Dagh underpin the wider mapping, which Rohl links to Ezekiel’s “Mountain of God” and Genesis’ land of Cush; he also ties Upper and Lower Noqdi east of the valley to Nod.
The claim enters a long-running debate that has also placed Eden in southern Mesopotamia, a now-submerged Persian Gulf plain, eastern Anatolia, and the Nile region.