Synopsis
Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou refutes the traditional interpretation of the Garden of Eden, and visits the place she claims is the exact spot on which it stood.
- Programme: Bible's Buried Secrets
- Episode: 3: The Real Garden of Eden
- Channel: BBC HD
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Religious Education
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