[Cronos]

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On the other side of the central altar, a flight of carved steps leads down to a pool, a deep, stone-walled well built over one of the numerous underground springs where one of three principal Sumerian deities - Enki, the water-dwelling god of wisdom - supposedly lived.

The abundance of sweet water flowing from springs which still supply the island with much of its drinking water was one of the cornerstones of Dilmun. The island was an oasis of fertility in ancient times in a mainly desolate region. This could have given rise to a legend that Bahrain may even have been the biblical Garden of Eden.

"The belief system here has a lot in common with those of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt," he says. "Belief in the after-life is shown by burying the dead with possessions such as tools, food, drinking vessels and gold. We've even found weapons."

Abdullah Hassan Yehia also explains that the Dilmun merchants had a monopoly of trade in copper, a precious commodity which was shipped from the mines of Oman to the cities of Mesopotamia.

[Norm Lenhart]

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[DoughtyOne]

Very cool Cronos. Thank you.

[SatinDoll]

“The abundance of sweet water flowing from springs which still supply the island with much of its drinking water was one of the cornerstones of Dilmun. The island was an oasis of fertility in ancient times in a mainly desolate region. This could have given rise to a legend that Bahrain may even have been the biblical Garden of Eden.”

Close, but this isn’t ‘Horseshoes’. The Garden of Eden was nearby, according to ancient Hebrew texts. It is where that large mustard yellow oval is below where a second set of two rivers meat the main river channel flowing the length of the now drowned valley.

In really, REALLY ancient times, like 15,000 years ago, the Persian Gulf was dry land fed by many rivers. Dry land extended out past Ra’s al-jinz and across to Lothal. Sea level was about 400’ lower then than it is now because so much water was locked up in ice.

The ancient Hebrew texts state that the Garden of Eden was below where the Tigris and Euphrates joined, and was located below a two pairs of rivers joining the main river, both pairs of rivers now drowned.

[what's up]

Some say Dilmun was the Garden of Eden.

Eridu is the oldest city in the world (not on this map but South of Ur)...Dilmun is just South of that. Did Cain walk North of the Eden region and establish Eridu?

[bigheadfred]

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[submarinerswife]

I lived in Bahrain for a year. The biggest tourist destination for those of us broke, US Navy types, was the Tree of Life. This beautiful mesquite tree in the middle of the desert used as shade for wild goats and camels. There is no water source that far out in the sand.