What has been found on the bottom of the Red Sea?

Artifacts found include wheels, chariot bodies as well as human and horse bones. Divers have located wreckage on the Saudi coastline opposite Nuweiba as well.
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Did they find chariots at the bottom of the sea?

Wyatt's undersea exploration revealed chariot boxes, wheels and axles as well as human and horse skeletal remains on the sea floor at Nuweiba Beach. An eight-spoke wheel hub Mr. Wyatt retrieved from the site was taken to the director of Egyptian Antiquities, Nassif Mohammed Hassan.
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Were there chariots in the Red Sea?

Archaeologists did not unearth the bones of Egyptian soldiers, weapons and chariots to prove the biblical account of the parting of the Red Sea, despite the false claims of many stories reporting otherwise.
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Could the Red Sea have parted?

New computer simulations have shown how the parting of the Red Sea, as described in the Bible, could have been a phenomenon caused by strong winds. The account in the Book of Exodus describes how the waters of the sea parted, allowing the Israelites to flee their Egyptian pursuers.
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What did God part of the Red Sea?

As the biblical story goes: "And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided."
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Chariot Wheels At Bottom Of Red Sea



Which Pharaoh was found in Red Sea?

RED SEA PHARAOH'S MUMMY UNVEILED; Body Discovered Some Years Ago Proved to be That of Menephtah. - The New York Times. RED SEA PHARAOH'S MUMMY UNVEILED; Body Discovered Some Years Ago Proved to be That of Menephtah.
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Where is sin located?

The Wilderness of Sin or Desert of Sin (Hebrew: מִדְבַּר סִין Miḏbar Sîn) is a geographic area mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as lying between Elim and Mount Sinai. Sin does not refer to the moral concept of "sin", but comes from the Hebrew word Tsin, the Hebrew name for this region.
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Where is the Promised Land today?

God instructed Abraham to leave his home and travel to Canaan, the Promised Land, which is today known as Israel.
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How Deep Is the Red Sea?

The sea separates the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea to the west from those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the east. Its maximum width is 190 miles, its greatest depth 9,974 feet (3,040 metres), and its area approximately 174,000 square miles (450,000 square km). El Gouna, Egypt, a tourist resort on the Red Sea.
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Are there sharks in the Red Sea?

There is an abundance of oceanic white tip sharks - Carcharhinus longimanus - in the Red Sea. Divers have spoken of diving with oceanic white tips without feeling threatened.
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Were any artifacts found in the Red Sea?

Egyptian Sea Vessel Artifacts Discovered At Pharaonic Port Of Mersa Gawasis Along Red Sea Coast. Summary: In December, an archaeology team led by Kathryn Bard of Boston University and Rudolfo Fattovich of the University of Naples "L'Orientale" discovered two man-made caves at Wadi Gawasis along the Red Sea coast.
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Where is Moses buried?

He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
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Has the Red Sea been explored?

The earliest known exploration of the Red Sea was conducted by ancient Egyptians, as they attempted to establish commercial routes to Punt. One such expedition took place around 2500 BC, and another around 1500 BC (by Hatshepsut). Both involved long voyages down the Red Sea.
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How long did it take Moses to cross the Red Sea?

"In my model, Moses has 4 hours to get across," says Drews. The area of land that becomes available for crossing in Drews' computer model is 3 to 4 kilometers long, and 5 km wide.
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How old did Moses live?

Abstract. The Torah states that Moses died at the age of 120, a ripe old age at which to die. Nevertheless, his death is usually considered tragically premature, as it came before completing his life mission to reach the Promised Land.
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Why is it called the Red Sea?

The Red Sea is the saltiest sea of all the seas that connect to the ocean without even one river meeting the sea. A popular hypotheses about the origins of the Red Sea's name is that it contains a cyanobacteria called Trichodesmium erythraeum, which turns the normally blue-green water a reddish-brown.
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Can you walk across the Red Sea?

No archaeological, scholarly-verified evidence has been found that confirms the crossing of the Red Sea ever took place.
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Why is Red Sea so salty?

It is extremely warm—temperatures in its surface waters reach than 30° Celsius (86° Fahrenheit)—and water evaporates from it at a prodigious rate, making it extremely salty.
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Where is the Garden of Eden located?

The location of Eden is described in the Book of Genesis as the source of four tributaries. Various suggestions have been made for its location: at the head of the Persian Gulf, in southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq) where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers run into the sea; and in Armenia.
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What was Africa called in biblical times?

The whole region that includes what the Bible calls the Land of Canaan, Palestine and Israel was an extension of the African mainland before it was artificially divided from the main African continent by the manmade Suez Canal.
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Where is Sodom and Gomorrah today?

Sodom and Gomorrah are possibly located under or adjacent to the shallow waters south of Al-Lisān, a former peninsula in the central part of the Dead Sea in Israel that now fully separates the sea's northern and southern basins.
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Is sin a God?

Sin, (Akkadian), Sumerian Nanna, in Mesopotamian religion, the god of the moon. Sin was the father of the sun god, Shamash (Sumerian: Utu), and, in some myths, of Ishtar (Sumerian: Inanna), goddess of Venus, and with them formed an astral triad of deities.
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What kind of meat did God give the Israelites to eat?

Meat. The Israelites usually ate meat from domesticated goats and sheep. Goat's meat was the most common. Fat-tailed sheep were the predominant variety of sheep in ancient Israel, but, as sheep were valued more than goats, they were eaten less often.
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Does sin start in the mind?

Proverbs 22:1 says “a good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.” That brings us back to where we started. The battle over sin begins in the mind. The key of winning that battle is not will power but the power of Christ living in us.
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