Scientists reveal how Moses COULD have parted the Red Sea

Scientists reveal how Moses could have parted the Red Sea - and say it may not have been a miracle after all.

A strong wind of 62 mile per hour ( 100kmph ) winds blowing from the right direction could open a 3-mile -wide ( 5km ) channel through the water.

And, as those winds dipped, the waters would have rushed back with the speed of a tsunami to swallow the pursuing Egyptians .

A strong wind blowing southward from the head of Gulf for about one day , the water is pushed seawards, thus exposing the bottom that was previously underwater.

Professor Nathan Paldor's calculations suggest that a wind blowing between 65 and 70 kilometres per hour ( 40-45 mph ) from the northwest could have made a path for the Israelites.

He says the only plausible explanation is that the crossing actually took place in the Nile Delta , at a place called the Lake of Tannis .

This lagoon was located near modern-day Lake Manzala .

The best explanation for the biblical account is that Moses led the Israelites across the Nile Delta during a gale after wind setdown cleared a land bridge.

Mr Drews says a tsunami would not match the narrative in Exodus 14 , which indicates that Moses had several hours in which to complete their crossing.