Mount Sinai Found!
Posted on 02/08/2014 1:58:40 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Mount Sinai Found!
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Again?
That link doesn’t work and the home website won’t load.
These coordinates are worth checking out:
28°35’3.82”N
35°22’43.57”E
There is an ancient pillar on each side of the Red Sea where the the Israelites were marked as crossing in Moses’ day.
it finally loaded for me
Mt. Sinai is Conference Room just down the hall from me, so I don’t have trouble finding it. Mt. Hamilton, Everest, Mt. Rose, and Mt. Diablo are a lot harder to find.
Now how’d that son of a gun get up there?
A shade west of those coordinates is a traditional location for the mountain. The coordinates place one at/near a delta-shaped placement of stones thought to be an altar of sacrifice constructed under the auspices/by Moses.
It loads slow; the second time (I wanted some keywords) it took a couple of minutes at least; the image in the initial post also took its sweet time when I was trying to check the topic before posting.
Having visited the traditional Sinai location in Egypt, I can tell you it isn’t there,
Instead look to Arabia and most likely its Jabal al-Lawz,
If I recall correctly, this “archeologist” is the same guy that thought he had found Jesus burial ossuary a few years back, which should tell you everything you need to know about his biblical scholarship,
http://www.diggingsonline.com/pages/rese/arts/other/wyatt01.htm
http://www.nwtv.co.uk/pages/travel/middle/egypt/redsea.htm
In his “Exodus Decoded” vid, he notes that he and the crew were turned down — so they came back later in the day with handheld cameras, basically sneaked in and out at some risk.
Pfftt! I was born there in ‘66
It’s better than a location in Arabia, but still too far east. Here’s what I wrote about that:
http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/holybook/articles/Moses.html#MtSinai
Thanks Berosus.
That link took me to an overview of North America. What gives?
Y’know, that could be an FR topic... theoretically.
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