It’s the most dramatic event in the Hebrew Bible—the flight of the Israelites from Egypt and their miraculous escape across the Red Sea. The articles we’ve selected here address several key issues: How much history is contained in the Biblical account? What was life like in ancient Egypt? What is the story of the Ten Plagues trying to convey? And much more.

The articles below were hand-selected by the Biblical Archaeology Review editors especially for members of the BAS Library.

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  Cedarwood sarcophagus of Ramesses the Great (1279–1213 B.C.).

  Jurgen Liepe