[fso301]

A couple of problems here.

1.) The bible states after their destruction, the Egyptian equipment was caused to be delivered up from the sea thereby arming the Israelites.

2.)Given the poor condition of wood and iron recovered from sunken 300-400 year old Spanish wrecks near Florida, what would the condition be of wooden chariot parts submerged for thousands of years in warm relatively shallow water?

[Smokin' Joe]

Given the poor condition of wood and iron recovered from sunken 300-400 year old Spanish wrecks near Florida, what would the condition be of wooden chariot parts submerged for thousands of years in warm relatively shallow water?

Maybe so, but it seems to me that the Egyptians of this time period used mainly Bronze. The Hittites had iron, and that made them nasty folks to fight with....

[OHelix]

A couple of problems here.

1.) The bible states after their destruction, the Egyptian equipment was caused to be delivered up from the sea thereby arming the Israelites.

Not that my memory is an exhaustive scripture reference, but I don't remember anything like that... You got a source for that statement??? Reference maybe?