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Bookmark or Share- Who Was Moses? Was He More than an Exodus Hero?His wife, Zipporah, is not from Israel, but from the Midianites of the region of Sinai (e.g., Exodus 2:15–22), and her foreignness is later criticized by none other than Moses’ brother and sister, Aaron and Miriam, in the context of a challenge to Moses’ own legitimacy and leadership (Numbers 12).
- Temple of Zeus Uncovered in Egyptian SinaiThe site of Tell el-Farma, in the northern Egyptian Sinai, dates back to the pharaonic period. It was a provincial capital under Roman rule and later a Christian spiritual center. The site was an important border stronghold and was strategically positioned to defend against invasions from the sea as well as those coming from the east.
- The Oasis of Qurayyah - Biblical Archaeology SocietyThe ancient North Arabian site of Qurayyah was possibly the center of the land of Midian, where, according to Exodus, Moses first encounters the Israelite god Yahweh. Archaeological exploration at Qurayyah has brought to light a vibrant urban oasis that thrived for millennia and was closely connected with Egypt and the broader ancient Near East.
- The Exodus: Fact or Fiction? - Biblical Archaeology SocietyThe Hyksos, former masters in Egypt, only 167 years after their concurrent Exodus through the northern Sinai, were servants of Egypt in Israel. In Canaan/Israel, the once oppressive Hyksos were, in turn, afflicted by the Hebrews: and resorted to asking Egyptians (who their ancestors despised as weak), for archers as protection against the ...
- Searching for Biblical Mt. Sinai - Biblical Archaeology SocietyJebel Musa’s identification as Mt. Sinai developed in the early Byzantine period with the spread of monasticism into the Sinai desert. Curiously, no Exodus-related archaeological remains have been recovered in the Sinai Peninsula—through which the Israelites must have traveled out of Egypt—dating to the traditional period of the Exodus ...
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