In the bible at Genesis chapter it's written :
Gen 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Gen 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Gen 2:10
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Gen 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Gen 2:12
And the gold of that is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Gen 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Kush (Ethiopia).
Gen 2:14
And the name of the third river is Tigris : that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Based on that text Eden Garden should be in Iran / Iraq. But until today the location of Eden Garden is not found. That's because the river Gihon and the river Pison are not exactly found. So where is the true location? It's still not concluded yet.
The late Prof. Arysio Santos said in his book that he knew the location of Eden & the four rivers surround it. A few of the rivers were in the ocean right now. He didn't write the name of the rivers in his book "Atlantis : The Lost Continent Finally Found". But he did make the sketch describe the four rivers. The location is in Indonesia that he believed was the location of Atlantis, the lost continent. The location of Eden in the bible might be the replica of the original location. It's not proven yet, but who knows it can be true. He believed the Sundaland was the location of Atlantis.
Below is his answer of a question "What are indeed Atlantis and Lemuria?"
Atlantis was a continent of the Atlantic Ocean where, according to Plato, and advanced civilization developed some 11,600 years ago. Plato affirms that, as the result of a huge volcanic cataclysm of worldwide extent, this continent sunk away underseas, disappearing forever. Official Science - the one you learn at school - rejects the actual existence of Atlantis, as it has so far been unable to find any traces of its reality. But the reason for that is simple to explain. Everybody has been looking in the wrong locations, as Atlantis indeed lies in the opposite side of the world.
Lemuria, on the other hand, is an even older version of Atlantis. Lemuria is indeed the same as the Garden of Eden and other such Paradises that in fact existed and were the actual birthplace of Mankind and Civilization, precisely as the Bible and other Holy Books affirm. From there, civilization spread to Atlantis and other parts of the world, in the dawn of times, some 20 or 30 thousand years ago, during the Ice Age.
The word paradise came from the word "para + desa"(Dravidian). "Para desa" means a village that very far. In Indonesia a village is called "desa". The word "desa" came from Sanskrit languange. It's one of language that enrich Indonesian language. Hinduism were widely affected this country in 4th century until 13th century. Sanskrit is a languange developed after the dravidian language. So Dravidian languange is older than Sanskrit.
Bali is well known as paradise island in the world. I have an American friend called Phoenix said that " Ubud is a paradise on earth". That's why she like to live there.
In the night at the end of July, 2010 when I was taking rest at my house in Denpasar, Bali, I saw a TV news program from a local TV. A few men were interviewed about the possibility that Indonesia might be the location of Atlantis-the lost continent. Most of the people interviewed had positive attitude about the news. As Indonesian citizen I could feel the same way of what they felt. Surprised but happy & pride inside. But how could it be? What I knew so far the word Atlantis means the civilization should be around Atlantic Ocean.
