Miracle Workers Of The Ancient World

All religions borrow from those that came before them ..... none arose in isolation. That's true of Judaism, Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, as well as Christianity.

Akkadians Gave To Babylon The Great Flood Story,
Utnapishtim Sailing Above The Great Flood

..... and none can truthfully claim otherwise.

Parting From The Myth

The parting of the Red Sea described in the Torah/Bible, may actually just be a mistranslation by early bible writers. Scientist Carl Drews reckons it should have been 'Reed Sea' because then the story is far more plausible.

Parting The Red Sea - Chuck Heston Style.

Apparently in shallow water areas strong winds for several hours or days can part the waters in these shallow reedy areas and expose mud flats. For instance on an old branch of the Eastern Nile Delta there was once a comparatively shallow area of sea/water that would have created land bridge 4km long and 5 km wide if the winds had blown at 100km/h (62pmh) for 12 hours solid.

Voices From The Past

Sometimes the oddest things catch my imagination, in this case it was a sort of conversation from the past.

 James Tappern plays one of the Trumpets 

Tutankhamen's Trumpets.mp3

The first to catch my attention was the BBC replaying a 1939 recording, made with the two trumpets found in Tutankhamen's tomb by Howard Carter. They had got a British soldier, James Tappern, to play them, and the sound is a haunting echo of a music that has not been heard for over 3,000 years!