In Hebrew, the Israelites are described as crossing "yam suf," which should be translated as the "Reed Sea," a reference to the reeds that grow densely in the brackish waters of the Nile Delta.

It tells the tale of the prophet leading the Israelites out of slavery in the exodus from Egypt. According to the biblical narrative, Moses - led by God- raised his staff over the Red Sea, causing ...

Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

Kadesh is a place that can be the scene of a great sanctification of God’s name - or of a great desecration. The Israelites ...

Both Christian and Jewish people regard Moses’ parting the Red Sea as one of the most impressive miracles of God — or is it? New research points to a scientific basis for the religious myth. … ...

Now, scientists have revealed how Moses really could have parted the Red Sea 3,500 years ago. And they say that this feat might not have needed any divine intervention after all.

The region is an elongated strip of the Red Sea that separates the Egyptian Sinai from Saudi Arabia and some experts believe it is where Moses parted the waters while leading the Israelites to the ...

Meteorological phenomena could be behind the parting of the Red Sea, which allowed Moses to help the Israelites escape the Egyptians, a study suggests. Rebekah Garratt and Rikesh Kunverji ...

The splitting of the Red Sea – which, for us, was tantamount to the splitting of the atom – was a monumental moment that secured our liberation from slavery and resulted in the sinking of the ...