Day 4 Eilat and Aqaba

 Eilate

Today we left Mt. Sinai and headed north to the Red Sea, toward the city of Eilat, the southernmost city of Israel. The city borders two countries, Jordan on the East and Egypt to the south and west.   Eilat was a port town and was a location on major trade routes along the Red Sea. For over 3000 years, Eilat has been an important city. Moses and the Israelites passed through here (Deut. 2:8) and King Solomon made it a major port city (1 Kings 9:26-28). I visited tourist attractions along the bay of Eilate before we continued on to the Gulf of Aqaba nearby.  The Gulf of Aqaba is another location that many archaeologist believe was the place if the parting of the Red Sea. We listened to Archaeologists speak of recent findings in the 1970s of Ron Wyatt. These discoveries included chariot wheels that date back to 1400 BCE. We crossed the sea and are now in the city of Aqaba, Jordan.