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A new scientific explanation for the division of the Red Sea ... in the Aegean Sea, pulled 5,000-foot high tidal waves into a gigantic 70-square-mile crater, one mile in depth.

Now, scientists have revealed how Moses really could have parted the Red Sea 3,500 ... and has a maximum depth of nearly 1,850 metres. With its deep, irregular bottom, crossing this region on ...

is part of a larger research project on the effects of wind on water depth and the effect of Pacific typhoons on storm surges. He ruled out the Red Sea as the location of the Israelites' crossing ...

THE CROSSING of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin, 1633–34. ‘What made it miraculous is that it happened just there, just then, when the Israelites seemed trapped.’ (credit: Wikimedia Commons ...

The traditional meal highlights the seven- to eight-day celebration, which recalls a Red Sea crossing thousands of years ago. The strike group, which comprises the aircraft carrier USS Harry S.