Have you looked at the profiles of the Red Sea? If all the water was drained out one could see a Grand Canyon like topography. Impossible to cross in a day. Imagine crossing the Grand Canyon, down and up the other side, no ready trails.
Crossing at the Gulf of Aqaba is also problematic. While the north end is shallow, if all the water was swept away the bottom would be rugged terrain and sea plants.
Modern artists have often pictured the sea crossing as if the people were crossing on a flat sidewalk with walls of water on each side. This is so silly and unrealistic. Such painting are the inventions of people out of touch will the real sea. The entire region is part of the Great Rift Valley which extends from present day Turkey to Mozambique. It is thousands of miles of rugged terrain and the Red Sea is part of it.
The most realistic crossing for men, women, children, cattle, etc. would be a marshy area with the water swept back out of site (of the people and the Egyptians), ready to come down like a tsunami. Blow back a foot of water for thousands of feet and there would be enough of a wall to come down on Pharaoh to wipe him out. A marshy area could dry enough and provide a relatively smooth passageway for inexperienced travelers not equipped for rugged terrain.
Have you looked at the profiles of the Red Sea? If all the water was drained out one could see a Grand Canyon like topography. Impossible to cross in a day. Imagine crossing the Grand Canyon, down and up the other side, no ready trails.
Crossing at the Gulf of Aqaba is also problematic. While the north end is shallow, if all the water was swept away the bottom would be rugged terrain and sea plants.
Modern artists have often pictured the sea crossing as if the people were crossing on a flat sidewalk with walls of water on each side. This is so silly and unrealistic. Such painting are the inventions of people out of touch will the real sea. The entire region is part of the Great Rift Valley which extends from present day Turkey to Mozambique. It is thousands of miles of rugged terrain and the Red Sea is part of it.
The most realistic crossing for men, women, children, cattle, etc. would be a marshy area with the water swept back out of site (of the people and the Egyptians), ready to come down like a tsunami. Blow back a foot of water for thousands of feet and there would be enough of a wall to come down on Pharaoh to wipe him out. A marshy area could dry enough and provide a relatively smooth passageway for inexperienced travelers not equipped for rugged terrain.