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thereby supposedly proving archaeological proof of the Biblical narrative about the escape of the
Israelites from the Egyptians. Here is an excerpt from that article:

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced this morning that a team of underwater archaeologists had
discovered remains of a large Egyptian army from the 14th century BC at the bottom of the Gulf of Suez,
1.5 kilometers offshore from the modern city of Ras Gharib. The team was searching for the remains of
ancient ships and artifacts related to the Stone Age and Bronze Age trade in the Red Sea area when they
stumbled upon a gigantic mass of human bones darkened by age.

The scientists led by Professor Abdel Muhammad Gader and
associated with Cairo University’s Faculty of Archaeology have
already recovered a total of more than 400 different
skeletons, as well as hundreds of weapons and pieces of
armor, and the remains of two war chariots, scattered over an
area of approximately 200 square meters. They estimate that
more than 5000 other bodies could be dispersed over a wider
area, suggesting that an army of large size has perished on
the site.
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The journey and the location:

According to Vos, the Sinai Peninsula is shaped like a wedge that has been driven between Africa and
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Arabia. Two gulfs separate it on either side—the Gulf of Suez, which separates it from the African
mainland, and the Gulf of Aqaba, which separates it from Arabia. It is a rugged region, though Vos
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notes that there are striking and beautiful features that characterize the region. Vos also states that
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there are three regions within the region: the high mountains of the south, the a-Tih Plateau in the
center (about 60 percent of the total), and the northern plain along the Mediterranean.
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53 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chariot-wheels-found-bottom-red-sea/
54 Ibid., 85.
55 Ibid., 83.
56 Ibid.
57 Ibid.

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