Dilmun

Gilgamesh in the Epic has to cross the sea to reach Ut-napishtim may be cited in favour of the reading "Dilmun"; and the description of the sea as "the Waters of Death", if it implies more than the great danger of their passage, was probably a later development associated with

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition 1894

His father, blind from birth, was one of Bahrain's premiere pearl merchants, and this father's father used to don tortoise-shell nose clips and tie stones to his feet in order to dive to depths of 80 feet without air tanks, wet suit or goggles, to fetch the "fisheyes of Dilmun."

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011

His father, blind from birth, was one of Bahrain's premiere pearl merchants, and this father's father used to don tortoise-shell nose clips and tie stones to his feet in order to dive to depths of 80 feet without air tanks, wet suit or goggles, to fetch the "fisheyes of Dilmun."

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011

Sumerian legend has it that a king named Gilgamesh, the hero of the world's first epic odyssey, learned that a sort of fountain of youth existed on Dilmun.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011

Once he sailed to Dilmun, he was told to dive for the flower of immortality at the bottom of the sea.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011

The Sumerians, who hailed from what is today southern Iraq, described the island of Dilmun as the Garden of Eden, the lush plot where innocence was forever lost.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011

The Sumerians, who hailed from what is today southern Iraq, described the island of Dilmun as the Garden of Eden, the lush plot where innocence was forever lost.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011

Sumerian legend has it that a king named Gilgamesh, the hero of the world's first epic odyssey, learned that a sort of fountain of youth existed on Dilmun.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011

The Sumerians, who hailed from what is today southern Iraq, described the island of Dilmun as the Garden of Eden, the lush plot where innocence was forever lost.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise Richard Bangs 2011

Once he sailed to Dilmun, he was told to dive for the flower of immortality at the bottom of the sea.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 3 Richard Bangs 2011