Biblical Archeological evidence.

When I am discussing recent archeological evidence with those who do not believe in the holy word of God, I often get flack when I talk about recent archeological evidence. People who of course know it all are quick to dismiss things like the Red Sea crossing as mere fiction. The reason being that they have been told by a skeptical community that there is no evidence for such an event.

One of the things they love to do is point out that in the traditional locations of biblical events there is often little to no evidence that says that such things ever happened. What they fail to do is make a distinction between the biblical account of things that happen and the modern day interpretations of what happened.

I mentioned the Red Sea crossing earlier, this is what is generally considered the best evidence against the biblical account. But did the Exodus really happen? Did Egypt really get destroyed by plagues? Did the waters of the Red sea really open up before them? Did they really live at Mt. Sinai? Is there any evidence for this? I (and many others with me) believe the answer is undeniably "yes".

Starways says

"A papyrus dating from the end of the Old Kingdom was found in the early 19th century in Egypt [6]. It seems to be an eyewitness account of the events preceding the dissolution of the Old Kingdom. Its author, an Egyptian named Ipuwer, writes:
• Plague is throughout the land. Blood is everywhere.
• The river is blood.
• That is our water! That is our happiness! What shall we do in respect thereof? All is ruin!
• Trees are destroyed.
• No fruit or herbs are found...
• Forsooth, gates, columns and walls are consumed by fire.
• Forsooth, grain has perished on every side.
• The land is not light [dark].

Velikovsky recognized this as an eyewitness account of the ten plagues. Since modern men are not supposed to believe in such things, it has been interpreted figuratively by most historians. The destruction of crops and livestock means an economic depression. The river being blood indicates a breakdown of law an order and a proliferation of violent crime. The lack of light stands for the lack of enlightened leadership. Of course, that's not what it says, but it is more palatable than the alternative, which is that the phenomena described by Ipuwer were literally true.

When the Bible tells us that Egypt would never be the same after the Exodus, it was no exaggeration. With invasions from all directions, virtually all subsequent kings of Egypt were of Ethiopian, Libyan or Asiatic descent. When Chazal tell us that King Solomon was able to marry Pharaoh's daughter despite the ban on marrying Egyptian converts until they have been Jewish for three generations because she was not of the original Egyptian nation, there is no reason to be surprised."

Although I have not done much research into this particular piece of evidence I believe it to be rather interesting, especially since it seems to mirror the biblical account quite well.

"But is this the only piece of evidence you have?" you may ask. My friends, this isn't even the tip of the iceberg.

Since I don't really have time go into all the evidence (which is a lot, let me tell you) personally, I have to decided to give a brief sum up of what has been found. I will also give you links to resources that you can use to find out more.

The Exodus

1) Traditional Red Sea crossing sites are in small lakes, or in gulf of Suez (the first "arm" of the Red sea). Most historians laugh at the fact that there is no evidence that the Israelites crossed near here. They may, however, be surprised to learn that there is no biblical basis for the israelites crossing in these places.

2) The bible clearly states that the israelites traveled out of Egypt. All of those locations were located inside of egypt. Therefore, the only plausible location for the Red sea crossing is the gulf of Aqaba (the second "arm" of the Red sea). But is there any proof? Yes.

3) The gulf of Aqaba is comparable to a huge canyon, it is incredibly steep on all sides. However, at the proposed crossing sites (there are two in the gulf of Aqaba, and this applies to both) there is a land bridge that stretches all the way across.

4) Not only this but the location matches the biblical account of being hemmed in by the wilderness almost exactly.

5) But our tale is not done yet, while diving in this region archeologist discovered choral. "Well, there is nothing special about that" you say. Perhaps, but remember that choral will only latch on to certain types of objects, it will not hold on to sand or plant life. Moreover this choral does not match any of the other types of choral found in the area. It is not confined to a specific place, it is strewn out in hundreds of fragment on the bottom of the sea. This choral appears to have the shape of man made objects. Specifically, parts of chariots that are similar to those found in King Tuts Tomb. This is only strengthened by the fact that they found pieces of chariots that were not completely covered in choral, including one piece that (because of it's material) had not been covered at all.

Mt. Sinai

1) If the Red sea crossing site is in the gulf of Aqaba than the traditional Mt. Sinai (in the Sinai peninsula) cannot be the correct location. Many scholars believe Mt. Sinai to be in present day Saudi Arabia, or biblical Median (the land that moses is said to have fled to, and encountered the burning bush). This is supported by many Jewish historians, including St. Paul and Josephus. But again, is there any evidence? If your an Atheist or Agnostic, prepare to have your skepticism rocked.

2) A few years back, two explorers who had received a letter from astronaut and explorer Jim Irwin, the eighth man on the moon. It described a mountain in Arabia which could be Mt. Sinai. The mountain was called Jebel el lawz

3) After getting into the country (illegally, which both men regret) they crossed the gulf of Aqaba and went in search of the mountain.

4) They found several caves which were roped off by the country's government for archeological reasons. Inquiring of one of the archeologists they discovered that they had found inscriptions in these caves which state that Moses (the man used the arabic word) had come through that area with his nation of people.

5) there also is a strong local tradition that this is true, along with a tradition that the mountain they were headed to was Mt. Sinai. Keep in mind these locals have no religious reason for believing this.

6) Once at the mountain they discovered that it was roped off by the Arabian government. It was heavily guarded for obvious reasons (being that if this truly is Mt. Sinai it is one of the Jews most holy sites on Muslim land).

7) From outside the gate they could see a large stone mound in the shape of an alter. This alter (if indeed it is one) had carvings of an Egyptian bull god etched into the stone. This is out in the middle of the arabian desert there would be no reason for anyone to go out and forge these type of carvings there. This is consistent with the biblical account.

8) They knew they had to get on the mountain, so after about ten at night they began to trek up the mountain.

9) they came across a large stone (able to be seen from miles away) that was split from top to bottom; the rock underneath this stone was eroded away (keep in mind that this is granite rock, it would take millions of gallons of water, presumably flowing from the rock, since it appears to be the source, to make this type of erosion; this coming naturally from a country that gets about a half an inch of) rain every ten years is extremely unlikely).

10) But where did all this water go? they found evidence that this water flowed into a huge stretch of land, providing the israelites with a lake with which they could take water.

11) According to the bible Elijah fled to Mt. Sinai and lived in a cave. The traditional site has no such cave, nor do the many other sites that have been proposed for Mt. Sinai. This site, however, has just such a cave.

12) Now, heres the really spooky part; when you travel to the top of the mountain it is completely black on top. Now, this could be just volcanic rock, except for one thing. These explorers broke open several of these rocks and guess what? they are granite on the inside. That is, they are melted black outside and granite inside. Now, the bible says that God descended on Mt. Sinai in fire, interesting coincidence wouldn't you say? Interestingly enough this same kind of burned stone is found in a small patch near what is presumed to be the rock of Horeb. The bible also says that God called Moses to the rock of Horeb.

13) This is not all the evidence they found. Basically you name anything that the bible mentions is at Mt. Sinai and it's there. Right down to the markers Moses set up to keep people away from the mountain.

14) If you are inclined to believe that this did not really happen keep in mind that ALL of this evidence is recorded on either photographs and/or home video. These pictures were smuggled out of the country at great risk.

Note: I have seen Some weak reasons as to why this cannot be that site; these are, as I say, weak.

In Search of The Mountain Of God

The Search For The Real Mt. Sinai

The Exodus Revealed: The Search For The Red Sea Crossing

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