The Mesmerizing Video Falsely Alleged to Show Biblical Red Sea Parting!

A video has recently circulated on social media, purporting to show the location in the Red Sea where Moses (Hazrat Musa) made a path for his people to escape from Pharaoh Ramses II's army. This claim has spread across various social media platforms.

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The video in question was shared by a Facebook user, who claimed that it showed the place in the Red Sea where Moses (Hazrat Musa) created a passage for his people to escape from the army of Pharaoh Ramses II. The user also claimed that the passage appears twice a year and then disappears.

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We also discovered the same video, with the same claim, shared on other platforms like X (Twitter), YouTube and TikTok.

Fact-Check

We began our fact-check by using a Reverse Image Search on the video’s keyframes. Our investigation has found that the video in question is not from the Red Sea but from Dongshan Island in southeast China. The video shows a fishbone-shaped sandbank on Dongshan Island.

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Here’s another video of Dongshan Island from the CGTN China24 Facebook page as seen here. Archive

Further investigation revealed that the referenced video originated from the Douyin account named “乌乌”. The account owner asserted that all photos and videos are 100% original. Archive

Watch the full version of the video below.

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The sea parting in Dongshan, rather than being a miracle, is a result of the sun and moon's gravitational forces. Once the tide recedes, a sandbar resembling a fishbone becomes visible in the middle of the sea, hence its name "Fishbone Sandbar". (Source)

The story of the parting of the Red Sea is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. While the Bible does not provide any specific details about the location of the parting of the Red Sea, some scholars believe that the event may have taken place at the Gulf of Aqaba, which is an arm of the Red Sea that is located between the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia. (Source)

Conclusion

In conclusion, the claim circulating on social media about the location of the Red Sea from the Bible, as shown in the video, is misleading. The video was actually filmed on Dongshan Island in Southeast China, and it shows a naturally occurring fishbone-shaped sandbank. While the Bible does not specify the exact location of the Red Sea's parting, some scholars hypothesize that it occurred at the Gulf of Aqaba, between the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia.

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