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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, also 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 who have perished
on the site.
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The journey and the location:

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The Sinai Peninsula is shaped like a wedge that has been driven between Africa and Arabia. There are
two gulfs that 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, yet there are striking and
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beautiful features that characterize the region. 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
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plain along the Mediterranean.

Mount Sinai, where Moses received the law, has historically been thought to be a peak now known as
Jebul Musa (the mountain of Moses). Other locations, however, have been suggested for its location.
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The Israelites could have taken multiple routes to get to Sinai. One potential route would have been
along the Sea. Another route would have been across central Sinai. 5859 The map to the right shows both

52 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chariot-wheels-found-bottom-red-sea/
53 Ibid., 85.
54 Ibid., 83.
55 Ibid.
56 Ibid.
57 Ibid.
58 Ibid.
59 Clark, Samuel, and George Grove. “THE CHIEF PLACES MENTIONED IN THE HISTORY OF THE PATRIARCHS AND OF
THE EXODUS. Plate III., Nos. 6, 7, 8.” The Bible Atlas of Maps and Plans. London: Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, 1868. 14.

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