The "Escape of Mose"
Perhaps not all those who bear this name in its different variants (Moses, Moshe, etc.) know that this name is not at all Jewish but Egyptian in origin. It is the transliteration of the hieroglyphic MS (three twigs with intertwined leaves at the top), which means "to generate", here in the meaning of "son". From which also Ra-Ms (es), son of Ra, etc.
This is the name given by the Pharaonic princess to the child found in a drifting basket on the Nile by a water vendor and adopted as a "son". Then, growing up, Moses, at the head of a part of Joseph's tribe, decided to leave Egypt in opposition to the will of the Pharaoh (ah, these protesting sons!). Here too it must be emphasized that the long journey before entering the Promised Land does not concern all the Jewish people, but only a part of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The thing was mythologized as a symbol of all the Jews only later, by Davide, in his effort to give an identity and a common history to all his people.
Personally, I don't believe in crossing the Red Sea. First of all, even if the waters had receded, due to its depth and the considerable length of the journey to be faced with women, children and various household goods. Then, also for its geographical location. I think it is much more logical to think of a more direct route to Palestine that, to avoid the Egyptian headliners and mislead the pursuers, has passed through the extensive swamps north of Pelusio (true gateway to Egypt) on the Mediterranean coast. The action of anomalous and sudden tides would also justify the biblical "opening and closing of the waters". In fact, the profile of the coasts of this Mediterranean area at the time was not as we see it today. In the area of Abukir, in front of Alexandria, a submerged city was recently located, with the presence of furnishings that would suggest a catastrophic event. The seismic activity was remarkable. See earthquakes in Crete, implosion of Thira (Santorini is the deformation of the name given to the island by the Genoese: Sant'Irene) and which has been evaluated by an intensity three times higher than that of Krakatoa, the disappearance of the Minoan civilization, etc. . Furthermore, the Sinai Peninsula is precisely on that fracture between two continental plates that goes from the Dead Sea to the region of the great lakes in Africa. The earthquakes, still today (the inhabitants of the Sinai call them "barracuda"), are very frequent along the whole fault and of notable intensity of destruction (Sodoma and Gomorra?).
Moses then, having crossed the Mediterranean marshes, failing to enter Palestine, he returned to the mainland, settling on a mountain, which is not the current Sinai with the monastery of St. Catherine.
Located much further north, it seems that this is, according to Prof. Emanuel Anati, the Har Karkum, located in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. It is currently home to excavations and archaeological expeditions (see map), which have found irrefutable evidence of a long settlement: altars, votive stelae, hearths, pictograms, etc. that classify it as a place of worship (unfortunately, the golden calf was not found there, even in small pieces!).
