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[http://www.squidoo.com/redseacrossing Chariot wheels] with 8 spokes, covered with coral have been found at the bottom of the Red Sea in the gulf of Aqaba near Nuweiba (Wyatt 1978). This has also provoked a search for Moses in the 18th dynasty as 8 spoked chariot wheels were thought to have been used only in the 18th dynasty. Chariot wheels with 4 and 6 spokes were also found strewn across the bottom of the Red Sea by Wyatt in 1978. There is, however, no evidence of a mass exodus of slaves in the 18h dynasty. Perhaps 8 spoked chariot wheels were used in earlier dynasties or maybe they were deposited there after the Exodus. | [http://www.squidoo.com/redseacrossing Chariot wheels] with 8 spokes, covered with coral have been found at the bottom of the Red Sea in the gulf of Aqaba near Nuweiba (Wyatt 1978). This has also provoked a search for Moses in the 18th dynasty as 8 spoked chariot wheels were thought to have been used only in the 18th dynasty. Chariot wheels with 4 and 6 spokes were also found strewn across the bottom of the Red Sea by Wyatt in 1978. There is, however, no evidence of a mass exodus of slaves in the 18h dynasty. Perhaps 8 spoked chariot wheels were used in earlier dynasties or maybe they were deposited there after the Exodus. | ||
The point in time at which the chariot was introduced to Egypt has been been a source of contention for many archaeologists and historians. Joseph was given a chariot to move around Egypt but this may not have been the sort of chariot that had wheels and was horse drawn. It may have been a chariot that was carried by servants. Horse drawn chariots were clearly available to the Egyptians at the time of the Exodus. The Bible records that the Pharaoh pursued the Israelites with his army including 600 chariots. These were lost in the Red Sea when Pharaoh's army attempted to follow the Israelites. It would, therefore, follow that there would be no evidence of chariots in that dynasty as they were all destroyed in the Red Sea. The fact that the chariot only dates back to the Hyksos 15th and 16th dynasty should not be surprising as the Exodus was in the 13th dynasty. | |||
Egypt was crippled by the plagues that preceded the Exodus and the loss of it's army, pharaoh, transportation system and it's slaves at the time of the Exodus. | Egypt was crippled by the plagues that preceded the Exodus and the loss of it's army, pharaoh, transportation system and it's slaves at the time of the Exodus. | ||
