According to the Book of Exodus, Moses parted the waters of the Yam Suph, which is traditionally presumed to be the Red Sea, to allow the Israelites to escape the pursuing Egyptians. However, there is much uncertainty and scholarly debate about the exact location of the crossing and what the Yam Suph referred to in the original Hebrew text. Some scholars have suggested that the "Sea of Reeds" mentioned in the text may have been a shallow brackish lagoon to the north of the modern-day Red Sea in the Eastern Nile Delta region, just south of the Mediterranean Sea. Others have proposed that the crossing may have taken place in the Gulf of Aqaba, which is located to the east of the Sinai Peninsula. Despite the lack of archaeological evidence to support the biblical account, the story of the parting of the Red Sea remains a significant event in religious and cultural history.