Red Sea 3
Ancient site; 8 competing modern identifications, best supported being Gulf of Suez.
Placebody of waterriver3 verseslocation disputed
Where was it?
Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.
- Gulf of Suez776
- Bitter Lakes23
- Gulf of Aqaba19
- Lake Timsah8
- Ballah Lakes6
- Lake Manzala4
- Lake Bardawil1
- Pelusiac branch of the Nile1
Names
- Red Sea — יָם סוּף yam suf “sea [of] reeds” (H5489) · ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν e̓ruthràn thálassan “red sea” (G2281) — Exodus 10:19
Name variants
- Red Sea (27)
- Red sea (3)