The True Mt Sinai Found in Saudi Arabia - Messianic Literary Corner

Christian biblical archaeologist Ron Wyatt re-discovered the true Red Sea crossing of the Hebrews in the Gulf of Aqaba at Nuweiba in the Sinai Peninsula in 1978.  Wyatt also theorized from the biblical account that the true site of Mt. Sinai (Mt Horeb, Exodus 3.1) and Israel's encampment must be near the Nuweiba Red Sea crossing in the surrounding mountains of Midian in Saudi Arabia rather than the traditional Mt  Sinai site in the Sinai Peninsula. His theory brought him to Jabal al  Lawz, a mountain long known by its residents to be the site of God's  presence and Israel's encampment. Thus far the evidence at Jebel el  Lawz fits the biblical description perfectly.

While some archaeologists consider Ron Wyatt's accomplishments to be nothing but fraud and sensationalism, many have examined the evidence and perceive the truth beyond the personalities and politics of the profession.

The top of Jebel el Lawz is scorched black (see above photo).  Investigation of the rocks in the scorched area show the granite's natural rock coloration to exist just below the blackened rock surface.   Only this mountain peak contains the scorched rock in the entire  Saudi Arabian mountain range.  The scorching could not occur from a  grass or shrub  fire, since no vegetation has ever existed in this arid  mountainous area.

At the base of Jebel el Lawz is evidence of an ancient encampment of an extremely large proportion.  Within the encampment lies an alter of large stones with Egyptian animal fertility gods etched upon it.  This stone alter is possibly the alter where Aaron placed the idolatrous golden calf for Israel to worship.  See images below.

Documented in Wyatt's visits to to Jebel el Lawz in the 1980s and later by Jim and Penny Caldwell in 1992 is a large rock formation lying within the encampment which shows evidence of it being split in two, with markings in the granite that appear to be channels cut out by water, and in the  surrounding area, various depressions that look as though water had pooled up all over the valley  at some point in time. This rock formation is probably the rock which  Moses struck to provide the  million or more Hebrews with drinking water.  See photos below.

The Jabal al Lawz site matches the Biblical Exodus description exactly.   No other proposed site for Mt. Sinai comes close to the Biblical account. This  study is linked to many authoritative biblical archaeological websites. These findings, along with the Red Sea crossing evidence, will surely have far reaching  effects on Judaic, Christian and Islamic perspectives  in the future.