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I recently came across a video of a dive team at the Red Sea who had discovered a natural land bridge. Along that bridge was found the corral covered remains of Chariots. Here is a link an article discussing it:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/artic ... E_ID=33168

According to their stidies, this was the crossing point:



THE Gulf of Aqaba is very deep, in places over a mile (1,600m) deep. Even with the sea dried up, walking across would be difficult due to the steep grade down the sides. But there is one spot where if the water were removed, it would be an easy descent for people and animals. This is the line between Nuweiba and the opposite shore in Saudi Arabia.

Depth-sounding expeditions have revealed a smooth, gentle slope descending from Nuweiba out into the Gulf. This shows up almost like a pathway on depth-recording equipment, confirming it's Biblical description "...a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters." (Isaiah 43:16)

The site is marked with a pillar:



This column matches one on the other side of the gulf in Saudi Arabia which had the inscriptions intact. The Hebrew words Egypt, death, water, pharaoh, Edom, Yahweh, and Solomon were on that column.

King Solomon had these columns erected 400 years after the miracle of the crossing of the Red Sea on dry land. Solomon's sea port was at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba at Eilat (I Kings 9:26) and he was very familiar with the Red Sea crossing site, as it was in his neighborhood. The Bible even mentions this column! Isaiah 19:19, "In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border." You can visit the beach today and see the column in person.

Below is a Chariot axle turned on its side:

......discovery of a wheel hub that he brought to the surface in the late 1970s as proof. The hub had the remains of eight spokes radiating outward and was examined by Nassif Mohammed Hassan, director of Antiquities in Cairo. Hassan declared it to be from the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, explaining the eight-spoked wheel was used only during that dynasty around 1400 B.C.

Half way between Egypt and Palestine is a monolith or stone that was discovered at el-Arish. On this is an inscription reads:

...his majesty of Shou went to battle against the COMPANIONS OF APOPI....Now when the majesty of Ra-Hannachis [Harakhti?] fought with the evildoers in this pool, THE PLACE OF THE WHIRLPOOL, the evildoers prevailed not over his majesty. His majesty leapt into the socalled PLACE OF THE WHIRLPOOL....

Apopi was the fierce god of darkness; and the pharaoh and his army NEVER RETURNED -- THEY PERISHED in the Place of the Whirlpool. Interestingly, the GULF OF AQABA is well known for its treacherous weather and its whirlpools.

Link: http://hope-of-israel.org/amalekit.htm

Coolio, that is really interesting.

Gaz,

I find this interesting. In all my years of online discussion/debate regarding archaeological evidence for Bible stories, I have never seen anything that remotely supports the Exodus story at all, not including the theory that redates the event.

Is this a reputable site? Research team? I wonder about that...

Thanks for posting it!

Jersey

Gaz,

Have you read about the expulsion of the Hyksos? I don't know enough about it to even discuss it but it has to do with redating the Exodus and fitting it into another historical time frame.

Edit: I started a thread in the Terrestrial about this.

Well, in regards to sources, the original claim for all of this came from Ron Wyatt. I have some serious problems with that guy, especially regarding his claims about the Ark of the Covenant.

But I have seen the video of the Dive crew from around 2000, and there are hundreds of these Chariots on this raised under water bridge. I think the evidence for the claims he makes regarding this subject are strong.

A question that I thought about today on this subject awas, they have found human bone that had been covered in corral at the site, but I have not seen anything stated regarding weapons. Were the egyptian weapons corroded away?



Also they have found a Gold chariot wheel which would have been the Pharoahs chariot. Gold does not collect corral, but notice the wooden hub is encrusted.



There is also a claim that they found the actual location of Mt. Sinai in Arabia. Very interesting stuff there as well.

Gaz,

What kind of weapons would those be? What material do you think they were made of?

The principle weapon of the Egyptian army remained the bow and arrow, though, in the New Kingdom new models were available based on the Hyksos composite bow made of horn, sinews and wood. These new weapons, combined with the war chariot, enabled the Egyptian army to attack quickly and from a distance.

The infantry of the New Kingdom carried spears, battle axes, scimitars (for the first time) and daggers. The scimitar came to Egypt from Syria, where Tuthmosis III first employed it. There are many depictions of the gods handing the pharaoh this weapon of victory and it quickly became part of the infantryman's basic equipment.

The spear was used for stabbing, giving greater reach to the soldier. Charioteers carried with them, apart from their bows and arrows, a number of spears and were thus not left weaponless after shooting their arrows.



The helmets that Ramesses III ordered to be distributed among his troops looked like Syrian imports except that the Syrian helmet was decorated with a horsetail while the Egyptian version had cords ending in pendants. The body armor was of Asiatic origin too. It consisted of a leather jacket covered with little metal scales, not completely protecting the soldier from arrows, as the Egyptians could conclude from their own successes. Despite such deficiencies, the charioteers of Tuthmosis III occasionally wore scale armor, but many preferred broad bands (of leather possibly) crossed over the chest or carried a shield. Their torso was thus more or less protected, while the lower body was shielded by the chariot itself. The pharaohs often wore armor with inlaid semi-precious stones, which offered better protection, the stones being harder than the metal used for arrow tips. It is difficult to estimate how widespread the use of armor or helmets really was, as the reliefs depicting Egyptians very rarely portray them carrying protection other than shields.

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/weapons.htm