In the Bible, Noah receives a message from God to build an ark to save his family and two of each animal.

God said to Noah,

“I am going to destroy all flesh because the world is full of violence. Build an ark of gopher wood, with rooms inside, three decks, and a door. Cover it inside and out with pitch.”

The notion that his ark was built in the Middle East starts to unravel here. There are no gopher wood trees in the Middle East—gopher wood can only be found in a small area in the southeastern United States.

So, did Noah’s ark float all the way to Turkey, eventually landing on the mountains of Ararat? Or did it end up somewhere else perhaps one of North America’s great mountain ranges, like the Rockies or the Sierra Nevadas?

Perhaps this is why Noah’s ark has never been found.

For some time, there have been rumors that America was the true ancient Egypt. Now, this is purely speculation.

But this does lead me to wonder about the ancient red seas of California. Could Le Mar Rouge, cataloged by Battista Agnese and early cartographers, be the very sea that Moses parted all those years ago?

Let’s look at the similarities between the promised land and America.

It’s an interesting thought. Let’s examine this area and see if there are any biblical references.

Interestingly, we see “Canaan“ appearing in relative proximity to the Great Salt Lake—the alternative name for the Promised Land now surfacing in an unexpected location.

Look at this fellow, E. E. Callaway, a researcher in the 1950s, who believed there was:

“Unimpeachable evidence, which conclusively proves that the Garden of Eden was located east of the Apalachicola River, between Bristol and Chattahoochee, in Liberty and Gadsden counties, Florida.”

I’m not saying biblical events took place here in America. But I will say this the evidence is compelling enough to suggest they may very well have. Perhaps the “cradle of civilization” has emerged more than once, in more than one place.