This multiplication of the algae could also have set in motion the events which led to the second, third and fourth plagues - frogs, lice, and flies. The algae multiply in slow-moving warm waters with high levels of nutrition and when they die, they stain the water red. It would have been very possible for the rising temperatures to have caused the river Nile to dry up, turning what once was a fast-flowing river and Egypt's lifeline into a slow-moving and muddy watercourse, which could perfectly explain the first plague - the Nile turning to “blood.”īut what about the Nile changing colour? The hypothesis states that it could be the result of a bloom of toxic fresh water algae known as Oscillatoria rubescens, that is known to have existed 3,000 years ago and still causes similar effects today. By studying stalagmites in Egyptian caves, they have been able to rebuild a record of the weather patterns. Is it possible that the plagues can actually be explained by a a chain of natural phenomena triggered by changes in the climate and environmental disasters?Ĭlimatologists studying the ancient climate around the suggested time of the Exodus, approximately 3000 years ago, have discovered a dramatic climate shift. The final plague involved the slaying of the first-born sons of Egyptians, whereas the first-born sons of the Israelites were "passed over". The Ten Plagues of Egypt, which led to Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery, are intimately connected to the Passover story.
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