When journeying through “the wilderness of the Red Sea” Ex.13:18, running away from Pharaoh’s army, God informed Moses to turn south, so they headed through a wadi or canyon region that is called the Wadi Watir which led to the sea. Let us now explore the archeological evidence for the Red Sea crossing!

Itbāy (Arabic: اطبيه) or ʿAtbāy is a region of southeastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan. It is characterized by a chain of mountains, the Red Sea Hills, running north–south and parallel with the Red Sea. The hills separate the narrow coastal plain from the Eastern Desert. [1]

Shortly after mourning Aaron for 30 days, the people left Mount Hor which was beside Petra (Kadesh) and moved south to the Red Sea (“Yam Suph”- Deut 1:40 – Gulf of Aqaba) passing a second time through Ezion Geber (Deut 2:8). They journeyed east to avoid the Edomites living in the mountains and began moving north.

Explorer Ron Wyatt knew that locating the Red Sea crossing site was the first step in finding the real Mount Sinai. In 1984, after he had found evidence of underwater chariot wheels off Neweiba Beach, forty miles south of Eilat, Israel, Wyatt and his two sons entered Saudi Arabia.

Plunging gorges and craggy mountain-sides are not all that separate mainland Egypt’s first long-distance hiking trail from the beach resorts in the nearby vacation town of Hurghada. Inspired by...

2020年9月23日 · The Real Mount Sinai is the uniquely blackened mountain peak that is locally called Jabal Maqla (the Burned Mountain). Mount Horeb is called Jabal al-Lawz (the Mountain of Almonds), which is the highest peak in the area next to the city of Al Bad

2021年1月1日 · When the Bible indicated the Israelites crossed a significant body of water on Egypt’s eastern border, the LXX translators connected it with the body of water they knew as the Red Sea. Instead of translating the Hebrew phrase literally, they offered this historical identification as their interpretation of the text.

2024年8月14日 · As scientists uncover intriguing clues beneath the waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, the line between myth and history begins to blur. The biblical account of the Red Sea crossing is a cornerstone...

Adulis (Sabaean: ሰበኣ ‎𐩱 𐩵 𐩡 𐩪, Ge'ez: ኣዱሊስ, Ancient Greek: Ἄδουλις [1]) was an ancient city along the Red Sea in the Gulf of Zula, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of Massawa. Its ruins lie within the modern Eritrean city of Zula. It was the emporium considered part of the D’mt and the Kingdom of Aksum.

2019年7月5日 · Jabal Maqla is recognizable by its distinct blackened peak, which some say may be the evidence of God descending on Mount Sinai as a fire. Researchers have tried to figure out what may have caused this strange color pattern, and theories range from ancient volcanic activity to an external source of “burning.”