[Skywalk]

I think it's possible(and perhaps more likely) that a small community of Hebrews lived in Egypt and eventually became oppressed and left/kicked out. However, there certainly wasn't 2 million of them(for an army of 600,000 this is what they'd need in total population.) That's disprovable right there, no army in that era was that big, not even those of the huge empires, let alone a group of slaves.

ANyways, as myths tend to do, the story of Exodus arose from a much simpler and less fantastic reality. But as for the entire nation of Hebrews being under the thumb of the Pharaoh, no, there's no evidence for it.

[Mr Rogers]

People in ancient times used numbers differently than we do. If they claimed their King was 30,000 years old, it didn't mean he was 30,000 - it meant they considered him a very great person. Army sizes tended to see the same exageration - but it wasn't a lie. It was meant to communicate greatness or how impressed the hearer should be, not scientific data.