if i see, read, or smell one more time i may barf (not literally) the reference to the exodus in the old testament as the crossing of the Red Sea.in scripture the words are Yam Suph meaning the Reed Sea (or literally " sea of reeds" or " sea of seaweed")...the Hebrew for red sea is totally different.....now it's true that Yam Suph does no longer exist, well that's not quite true, it's a dry lake bed,  blame the Suez canal for that...