| Mt. Sinai and "Yam Suf" - Where located? | | | | - In reviewing: a) the biblical account of the drowning |
| For sixteen centuries, since Emperor Constantine | | | | of the Egyptian charioteers; and b) the location of: |
| converted Rome and Europe to Christianity, the | | | | the chariot wreckage as well as bones of horses and |
| world has believed that biblical Mt. Sinai is in lower | | | | men, strewn many miles from Egypt's shore - by |
| Sinai peninsula, supposedly envisioned there by | | | | 21st century rationalization, three topographic |
| Constantine's mother in a dream. A monastery was | | | | pre-conditions had to have been established - for the |
| built at the location, monks have worshiped there | | | | biblical account to be feasible - even with a "miracle" |
| continually - today, the site hosts religious excursions | | | | (splitting of the deep sea). These (can be viewed on |
| with advertised tours to "Mt. Sinai". Naturally, with no | | | | the Internet) are: |
| adjacent topography corroborative of the Bible, | | | | |
| doubters (secularists, agnostics and atheists), have | | | | 1. An incredible amount of sand carried by the river in |
| fostered the view that such lack of confirmation | | | | past ages, so as to almost entirely fill the gulf (nearly |
| proves the biblical story of the Exodus to be but | | | | a mile in depth); and to create a ridge path-way, 7-8 |
| myth. | | | | miles in length, extending to Saudi Arabia; |
| Also, with this location of Mt. Sinai, the Yam Suf (Red | | | | 2. The slopes of entry and exit had to be moderate, |
| Sea) - where Moses supposedly split the sea | | | | (about 12 degrees), since the Israelites were afoot; |
| (permitting the Hebrews to escape, then drowning | | | | 3. A large flat beach or staging area, where the |
| the pursuing Egyptians) - had to be between "Mt. | | | | multitude of fearful Israelites could be organized to |
| Sinai" and the starting point of the Exodus - Goshen. | | | | avoid panic before entering the sea (Nuweiba beach, |
| With only two candidate bodies of water, the shallow | | | | almost a mile on each side). |
| Bitter Lakes or the tip of the Gulf of Suez, the term | | | | Why Did the Charioteers Enter the Ridge - Water |
| "Yam Suf, with the passage of time, has become | | | | Hundreds of Feet Above? |
| interpreted as "Sea of Reeds", even in orthodox | | | | A key element in this scenario has to be the rationale |
| Hebrew translations of the Old Testament. At odds | | | | of why the Egyptian charioteers would have entered |
| with this, biblical scholars seem to overlook the use | | | | onto, and traveled so many miles across the ridge - |
| of the same term, "Yam Suf", to identify the body | | | | despite the sea level being hundreds of feet over |
| of water where King Solomon built his fleet of ships, | | | | their heads. This is attested to by the location of |
| at the city of Eilath / Eilat - at the tip of the Gulf of | | | | artifact wreckage strewn for many miles to the |
| Aqaba, arm of the Red Sea. | | | | Saudi Arabian shore. The only rationale has to be that |
| Chariot Wheels, Coral-covered - Can their Existence | | | | it looked safe - since the Israelites were fleeing |
| be Believed? | | | | without concern for the water, hundreds of feet |
| While the above locations of Mount Sinai and Yam | | | | above their heads, and "somehow" being held back! |
| Suf have been conventional wisdom for centuries, | | | | (The locations of the artifacts so many miles from |
| during just recent decades, | | | | Egypt and so far below sea level, seems to be visible |
| mountain-climbing-adventurers and deep sea divers | | | | and arguable proof that an "unexplainable" splitting of |
| (devoted Christian Bible-believers) have made | | | | the sea, with held-back walls of water, has |
| remarkable discoveries in the Gulf of Aqaba and in | | | | (somehow) taken place - and then released after the |
| Saudi Arabia. By 21st century standards of artifacts, | | | | Israelites were safely across - engulfing the |
| topography and logic, these facts-on-the-ground | | | | Egyptians!) Is there a different scenario which can |
| establish that the Bible and the Passover Haggadah | | | | explain these artifacts and their location? |
| are arguably true factual histories of ancient events - | | | | After Yam Suf, Does Adjacent Topography Confirm |
| including the "miracles" described in the Old | | | | the Bible? |
| Testament. | | | | Bitter Water (Marah), Oasis - Just as per Bible! |
| What has been found are coral-covered remnants of | | | | On entering onto Saudi Arabia, an area of alkaline |
| ancient Egyptian chariots: wheels, hubs, axles and | | | | flats is encountered nearby (exactly as stated in the |
| shafts, the diameters and spoke designs matching | | | | Bible - the "Bitter Springs of Marah"). Then there is an |
| Egyptian murals and museum collections of the 18th | | | | oasis town of Al Bad (again, exactly as stated in the |
| Dynasty (compatible era-wise with the biblical | | | | Bible - "Oasis of Elim" with seventy palms and twelve |
| Exodus). Photos of such artifacts, although | | | | springs). |
| underwater (removal is not permitted by Egyptian | | | | Moses Splits Rock for Water (Rephidim - Unnatural |
| and Saudi authorities), can be seen in numerous | | | | Phenomenon!) |
| books, films, even on the Internet. The artifacts, | | | | In the Bible the Israelites cry out for water at a |
| including bones of men and horses, are strewn along | | | | place called Rephidim, and in exasperation, Moses is |
| a seven mile underwater ridge, from Egypt to the | | | | said to strike a rock, from which water flows. An |
| Saudi Arabian shore. | | | | unbelievable sight (except perhaps, from Hollywood |
| A 21st century realist viewing these items in books, | | | | studios), is an unusual rock formation on a nearby hill |
| film or Internet, can ask, "Are these coral-covered | | | | - two shafts, fifty feet tall, a constant and parallel |
| remains of ancient chariots really there?" An | | | | gap of twenty inches between them. (On the |
| affirmative answer comes from solid reasoning - the | | | | Internet, one can see photos of adventurers posing |
| numerous well-known personages accompanying the | | | | in the gap). At the base, per geologists and many |
| diving expedition, the many authors of books and | | | | visitors, are marks of water erosion. (Note: The area |
| films, all attest to authenticity - such serious | | | | is desert!) |
| professionals would not risk their reputations and | | | | Jabal al Laws (Mt. Sinai?) - Details, Just as per Bible! |
| careers in any duplicitous scheme (such as if the | | | | The route to Mt. Sinai from the Yam Suf crossing, |
| artifacts depicted were non-existent). Thus by logic, | | | | per the Bible, passes through the places described |
| those coral-covered relics of ancient Egyptian chariots | | | | above. There is even a large plain with a central |
| are truly there - scattered on an undersea ridge | | | | dominant promontory - completely fitting the |
| between Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia, | | | | description of the battle site with the Amelekites. |
| miles from Egyptian shore and hundreds of feet | | | | Since first discovered by religious adventurers only a |
| below sea level. | | | | decade ago, all visitors, historians and scientists, are in |
| Nuweiba Beach and the UnderSea Ridge - Astonishing | | | | agreement that Jabal Al Laws (or Loz), the highest |
| Features! | | | | mountain in Saudi Arabia (7880 feet), perfectly |
| The immediate topography of this section of the Gulf | | | | matches the biblical account in all significant details. |
| of Aqaba (as shown by satellite photography) is | | | | The name means "Mountain of Laws", while local |
| astounding in its unusual features - lack of any | | | | Bedouins call it Jabal Musa (Mountain of Moses). |
| element would make the Exodus story unfeasible. It | | | | Descriptive details are from author-visitors: |
| is truly, as if - since the beginning of Earth and Time - | | | | - The Bible tells that the Lord descended upon Mount |
| this area of the world has been prepared for the | | | | Sinai in fire - Jabal Al Laws is made of granite, with |
| precise and extraordinary demands of the Exodus | | | | nothing combustible, yet, in photos, the top appears |
| story (Note - conclusion is by fact and logic, not | | | | darkened, as if scorched by fire; adventurers who |
| faith): | | | | have climbed it say the tip is black molten glass; |
| - The biblical account: after the Tenth plague (the | | | | - There is a cave, as where (the Bible says) Moses |
| killing of the Egyptian "first-born", including his own | | | | and Elijah hid their faces to avoid looking upon God. |
| son), Pharaoh orders Moses to take his people and | | | | Local Bedouins call it "Elijah's cave"; |
| leave Egypt; subsequently, it is told, he regrets the | | | | - At the base there are two large twenty-foot rock |
| loss of his slave people - and after he hears the | | | | altars, as per Bible, with petroglyph drawings of the |
| reports of his scouts, the Bible uses an unusual | | | | unique Egyptian square-horned Apis bulls (hundreds of |
| phrase: "Pharaoh will say 'They are trapped in the | | | | miles from Egypt); |
| wilderness!'" (Note: Roman historian Josephus uses | | | | - Also at the base are twelve pillars, five feet apart, |
| the same phrase in his records.) Modern satellite | | | | 18 feet diameter, built of rock and earth (per Bible, |
| photography confirms precisely such a situation - | | | | one for each tribe); |
| viewing the topography, it is clear that anyone fleeing | | | | - The Bible tells the Israelites to "separate the camp |
| the Egyptian army would be truly trapped: the | | | | from the holy mountain" with mounds of stones. |
| quarry, afoot, would be stretched along the narrow, | | | | Surrounding Jabal Al Laws, are piles of stone, 8-10 |
| curving wadi (dried river bed); an impassable terrain | | | | feet high, about 1/3 mile apart. (Who built them, and |
| of rugged hills would hem them in on both sides; | | | | the altars and pillars, and why - in this remote area of |
| behind them would be the thundering Egyptian chariot | | | | Saudi Arabia? |
| army; in front - a deep sea. | | | | |