Exploration Of The Red Sea

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Exploration of the red sea. Our routes stretch from sinai to the sudan and encompass all that s in between. But god led the people about through the way of the wilderness of the red sea exodus 13 18. With such diverse dive sites on our itineraries we cater for recreational diving of all levels as well as technical diving. It was the wilderness of the red sea the mountainous land of the mid and southern sinai peninsula.

The earliest known exploration of the red sea was conducted by ancient egyptians as they attempted to establish commercial routes to punt. The sea is still widening and it is considered that it will become an ocean in time as proposed in the model of john tuzo wilson. One such expedition took place around 2500 bc and another around 1500 bc by hatshepsut. The second phase began about 3 to 4 million years ago creating the trough in the gulf of aqaba and also in the southern half of the red sea valley.

This was along a route that was commonly taken in those days by both caravans and the army and it was called the southern route. Red sea rift the red sea was formed by arabia being split from africa by movement of the red sea rift. The red sea is a promising frontier mega basin with potential hydrocarbon exploration opportunities for prospective stakeholders. This split started in the eocene and accelerated during the oligocene.

One such expedition took place around 2500 bce and another around 1500 bce by hatshepsut. Both involved long voyages down the red sea. The team was searching for the remains of ancient ships and artifacts related to stone age and bronze age trade in the red sea area when they stumbled upon a gigantic mass of human bones darkened by age. The gulf of suez opened up about 30 million years ago and the northern part of the red sea about 20 million years ago.

Study and exploration the red sea is one of the first large bodies of water mentioned in recorded history. Cairo egypt said it expected to in vite international oil and gas companies to start exploration in its red sea territorial waters during the first half of 2018 after the com pletion of seismic and geophysical studies. Petroleum ministry spokesman hamdi abdel aziz said two com panies will most probably finalise their studies early next year. Both involved long voyages down the red sea.