RED SEA : Archaeologists Discover Remains Of
Egyptian Army From The Biblical Exodus
- cules la 26/02/2018 18:26:17 -
The
discovery of the remains of a large Egyptian army at the bottom of the Gulf of
Suez, 1.5 km offshore from the modern city of Ras Gharib ,
has been announced this morning by Egypt ’s Antiquities Ministry. The
team of underwater archaeologists was in search of ancient shipwrecks and
artifacts from the Stone and Bronze Age trade in the Red
Sea when they came across a huge pile of human bones dated back to
the 14th century BC.
The
team of underwater archaeologists was in search of ancient shipwrecks and
artifacts from the Stone and Bronze Age trade in the Red
Sea when they came across a huge pile of human bones dated back to
the 14th century BC.
Over
400 different skeletons have been discovered by the team of scientists lead by
Professor Abdel Muhammad Gader from the Faculty of Archaeology at Cairo University .
The discovery also includes hundreds of weapons and pieces of armor, the
remains of two war chariots, dispersed over an area of nearly 200 square
meters. According to the archaeologists, more than 5,000 other bodies could be
scattered over a wider area, which implies that it’s possibly a large army that
had disappeared in this area.
( photo – image )
The
image shows a superb blade from an Egyptian khopesh, which was a very important
weapon at the time. As it was discovered near the relics of an ornately
decorated war chariot, the team believes that it possibly belonged to a prince
or nobleman.
The
numerous clues found at the site have led Professor Gader and his team to
believe that the bodies are related to the well-known Exodus. Namely, the
ancient soldiers appear to have died on land, because the researchers didn’t
find any traces of boats or ships in the area. Plus, the position of the
bodies, along with the fact that they were stuck in clay and rock, indicates
that the warriors had possibly died in a mudslide or a tidal wave.
Also,
the large number of bodies points toward a big-sized army. All of these facts
support the biblical version of the Red Sea Crossing when the army of the
Egyptian Pharaoh was destroyed by the returning waters that Moses had parted.
The
recent discovery confirms that during the reign of King Akhenaten, there truly
was an Egyptian army of large size destroyed by the waters of the Red Sea .
The
legendary biblical account of the “Red Sea Crossing” has been regarded as more
allegorical than historical by most scholars and historians for many centuries.
However,
the find sheds light on one the most famed episode of the Old Testament proving
that it was really based on a real event.
The
archaeological site is in line for further research in the following years and
scientists are hopeful to recover the rest of the bodies and artifacts from
what appears to be one of the most important archaeological underwater sites
ever discovered.
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