Scientists explain parting of waters in the Book of Exodus

But the event described in the Book of Exodus was probably due to freak weather conditions and happened in a lake not the sea.

A new study suggests a powerful wind could have driven waters back into the shallows of the Lake of Tanis in the Nile Delta, leaving a land bridge .

In the Exodus account, Moses and the fleeing Israelites are trapped between the Pharaoh's advancing chariots and a body of water identified from translations.

Thanks to divine intervention, a mighty east wind blows all night, splitting the waters.