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Historians have dedicated significant efforts to authenticating the biblical narratives of the Exodus. Despite their best efforts, the actual locations of the events described in the account remain under dispute. Curiously, Mount Sinai, the name of a mountain peak on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, and an important pilgrimage site for Jews, Christians and Muslims to this day, may actually have nothing to do with the famed mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"107777","attributes":{"alt":"Satellite image of the Sinai Peninsula separating the Gulf of Suez to the west and the Gulf of Aqaba, to the east. (Public domain)","class":"media-image","style":"width: 610px; height: 399px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] Satellite image of the Sinai Peninsula separating the Gulf of Suez to the west and the Gulf of Aqaba

Moses was a prophet and a leader according to Abrahamic religions, but many scholars view him as a legendary figure rather than a real historic person. They do concede that a Moses-like figure could have existed in history, so is it possible to track this person down through historic records? It is the view of this writer that this is very possible and that in fact the Moses figure can be traced as that of the primary confidant of none other than Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut. The trail begins with Th Exodus. The Exodus and Moses Birth What is the date of the Exodus? To find Moses in the Egyptian records, the first requirement is to fix the date of the