Египетское министерство по делам древностей сообщило на минувшей неделе о важной находке, сделанной командой подводных археологов на дне Суэцкого залива Красного моря.

        Согласно сообщению из Каира, на морском дне в полутора километрах от берега в районе города Рас Рариб археологи нашли останки древнеегипетской армии, датируемые XIV столетием до н.э., эпохой фараона Эхнатона.

        На участке в 200 квадратных метров было обнаружено около 400 скелетов, сотни предметов оружия и амуниции, а также обломки боевых колесниц. По оценкам археологов, на участках, прилегающих к обследованной территории, должны находиться еще около 5 тысяч предметов.

       

> , сообщая о находке, вынесли в заголовок утверждение о том, что найдена армия, пытавшаяся остановить исход евреев из Египта.

        Профессор Абед Эль Мухаммад Гадер из Каирского университета не исключает, что сделанная его командой находка может являться подтверждением библейской истории.

        Согласно книге "Исход" ("Шмот"), фараон долго отказывался отпускать евреев с Моисеем, однако после "десяти казней" был вынужден дать согласие. Когда евреи ушли, фараон передумал и послал армию, чтобы вернуть их. Тогда Господь, чтобы спасти евреев, раздвинул воды Красного моря, а затем обрушил их на гнавшуюся за евреями египетскую армию.

        Следует отметить, что археологи наткнулись на останки армии фараона случайно, во время работ по поиску древних судов и свидетельств торговли между землями, лежащими на берегах Красного моря.

 Международные СМИ, в частности World News Daily Report <http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/red-sea-archaeologists-discover-remains-of-egyptian-army-from-the-biblical-exodus/

RED SEA: ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER REMAINS OF EGYPTIAN ARMY FROM THE BIBLICAL EXODUS

Suez| Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced this morning that a team of underwater archaeologists had discovered that remains of a large Egyptian army from the 14th century BC, at the bottom of the Gulf of Suez, 1.5 kilometers offshore from the modern city of  Ras Gharib. The team was searching for the remains of ancient ships and artefacts related to Stone Age and Bronze Age trade in the Red Sea area, when they stumbled upon a gigantic mass of human bones darkened by age. 

The scientists lead by Professor Abdel Muhammad Gader and associated with Cairo University’s Faculty of Archaeology, have already recovered a total of more than 400 different skeletons, as well as hundreds of weapons and pieces of armor, also the remains of two war chariots, scattered over an area of approximately 200 square meters. They estimate that more than 5000 other bodies could be dispersed over a wider area, suggesting that an army of large size who have perished on the site.

This magnificient blade from an egyptian khopesh, was certainly the weapon of an important character. It was discovered near the remains of a richly decorated war chariot, suggesting it could have belonged to a prince or nobleman.

Many clues on the site have brought Professor Gader and his team to conclude that the bodies could be linked to the famous episode of the Exodus. First of all, the ancient soldiers seem to have died on dry ground, since no  traces of boats or ships have been found in the area. The positions of the bodies and the fact that they were stuck in a vast quantity of clay and rock, implie that they could have died in a mudslide or a tidal wave.

The shear number of bodies suggests that a large ancient army perished on the site and the dramatic way by which they were killed, both seem to corroborate 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. This new find certainly proves that there was indeed an Egyptian army of large size that was destroyed by the waters of the Red Sea during the reign of King Akhenaten.

For centuries, the famous biblical account of the “Red Sea Crossing” was dismissed by most scholars and historians as more symbolic than historical.

This astounding discovery brings undeniable scientific proof that one the most famous episodes of the Old Testament was indeed, based on an historical event. It brings a brand new perspective on a story that many historians have been considering for years as a work of fiction, and suggesting that other themes like the “Plagues of Egypt” could indeed have an historical base.

A lot more research and many more recovery operations are to be expected on the site over the next few years, as Professor Gader and his team have already announced their desire to retrieve the rest of the bodies and artefacts from was has turned out to be one of the richest archaeological underwater sites ever discovered.