The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion. The sea is underlain by the Red Sea Rift which is part of the Great Rift Valley.
The Red Sea has a surface area of roughly 438,000 km² (169,100 mi²). It is about 2250 km (1398 mi) long and, at its widest point, 355 km (220.6 mi) wide. It has a maximum depth of 2211 m (7254 ft) in the central median trench, and an average depth of 490 m (1,608 ft). However, there are also extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals. The sea is the habitat of over 1,000 invertebrate species, and 200 soft and hard corals. It is the world's northernmost tropical sea.
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Red Sea as follows:
On the North. The Southern limits of the Gulfs of Suez [A line running from Ràs Muhammed (27°43'N) to the South point of Shadwan Island (34°02'E) and thence Westward on a parallel (27°27'N) to the coast of Africa] and Aqaba [A line running from Ràs al Fasma Southwesterly to Requin Island (27°57′N 34°36′E / 27.95°N 34.6°E / 27.95; 34.6) through Tiran Island to the Southwest point thereof and thence Westward on a parallel (27°54'N) to the coast of the Sinaï Peninsula].
Ronald Eldon Wyatt (1933 – August 4, 1999) was an adventurer and former nurse anaesthetist noted for advocating the Durupınar site as the site of Noah's Ark, among other Bible-related pseudoarchaeology. His claims were dismissed by scientists, historians, biblical scholars, and even by leaders in his own Seventh-day Adventist Church, but his work continues to have a following among some fundamentalists and evangelicals.
Wyatt was as a nurse-anesthetist when in 1960 he saw a picture in Life Magazine of the Durupınar site, a boat-like shape on a mountain near Mount Ararat. The resulting widespread speculation in evangelical Christian circles that this might be Noah's Ark started Wyatt on his career as an amateur archaeologist. From 1977 until his death in 1999 he made over one hundred trips to the Middle East, his interests widening to take in a wide variety of references from the Old and New Testaments.
By the time of his death on August 4, 1999, his claimed discoveries included:
While Wyatt won a devoted following from the ranks of fundamentalist Christians seeking tangible evidence of the literal truth of the Bible, his credibility was disputed, often bitterly, by professional archaeologists and biblical scholars. The Garden Tomb Association of Jerusalem state in a letter they issue to visitors on request:
It's been seven years to the day
Since the last time I threw your love away
And as many years of tryin' to pacify the pain inside
Time after time I never read between the lines they sold me
I can't cry but I think it's just a matter of pride
Every time I see your face I remember your ways
And I'd walk on fire for you
So many times before I swore I'd sacrifice my world to find you
I don't know but it feels like I've got nothin' left to lose
I got nothin' left to lose
Every time I see your face I remember your ways
Every time I cross that line I swear on my life I'd
Walk on fire, miles and miles
Walk on fire to get to you
Every time I see your face I remember your ways
Fire
Every time I see your face I remember your ways
Every time I cross that line I swear on my life I'd
Walk on fire, miles and miles
Walk on fire to get to you
If the flames burned higher
I'd walk that wire
Walk on fire to get to you
Walk on fire
Walk on fire
The northbound train just left for Heaven
Down by station 49
I watched the skyline rise above my window
It looks like castles in the sun
And I do believe I can hear the angels cry
Compromises, they get the best of you
Life is such a mystery
I never meant to leave you no heartache
But I guess it's just my time, baby
I cried for the sunshine
Now I've found sweet love from above
Everyone needs a little sometimes
But the rain keeps comin' down
And there ain't no way to stop it now so
Cry those tears of joy
Let them fall down your face
Love has been my saving grace
Cry those tears of joy
Please remember baby, love is gonna
Guide your way back home
And maybe someday baby
I'm gonna see you smile
For a little while
Precious child
I'll see you smile again
You know it's been so long now baby
Goin' on twenty years
And I can still reach out from my resting place
And feel your tender kiss
I cried for the sunshine
Now I've found sweet love from above
Everyone needs a little sometimes
But the rain keeps comin' down
And there ain't no way to stop it now so
Cry those tears of joy
Let them fall on down your face
Love has been my saving grace
Cry those tears of joy
Please remember baby, love is gonna
Guide your way back home
Cry now baby as the rain keeps comin' down
Cry those tears of joy
There ain't no way to stop it now so
So cry those tears
Cry those tears
It's long after midnight
You're lying awake in bed
You thought it was easy
To ignore what was said
Your everything changes and
Your mind's in the red
There stands a man with eyes of fire
Looking through your heart's desire
Sayin' leave the world you know behind
It's gonna blow your mind
Soul shaker, soul shaker
Fire in your brain
Drivin' you insane
Soul shaker, heart breaker
It's gonna bring you to your knees
Satisfaction guaranteed
Tonight, tonight
So free your mind
The rhythm, it feels so right
Your eyes were burnin' from the first rays of light
The soul shaker's comin' and it's your turn tonight
Don't bite the hand that lights the fuse
The time has come for you to choose
Turn or burn, black or white
You know it feels so right
Soul shaker, soul shaker
Fire in your brain
Drivin' you insane
Soul shaker, heart breaker
Gonna bring you to your knees
Satisfaction guaranteed
Tonight, tonight
Technicoloured smoke screen visions clouding up your mind
Trying to remind you of the world you've left behind
Soul shaker, heart breaker
Gonna bring you to your knees
Soul shaker, heart breaker
Satisfaction guaranteed
Soul shaker, heart breaker
Yeah, you got me on my knees
Soul shaker, heart breaker
Yeah, you got me on my knees
Soul shaker, heart breaker
Gonna bring you to your knees
I'm riding on the wind tonight
Racin' past the stars at the speed of sound
At the speed of sound
A suicide in overdrive like a fireball
Burin', raging towards the ground
You won't slow me down
I'm a fireball, speed king, highway star
Like a bat outta Hell I'm headed for the sky
Watch me fly
Flying to the rising sun
Chasing the thunder back to the demon's eye
To the demon's eye
Climbing past the Milky Way
I'll reach the heavens long before I die
Watch the sparks fly
I'm a fireball, speed king, highway star
Like a bat outta Hell I'm headed for the sky
Watch me die
My mind is busy spinnin'
As I see the reaper grinning in my head
As I lie here barely breathin'
I can see the ground beneath me turning red
I can hear the sirens blaring
As I take my last breath starin' at the sky
??? burning faster
Suicide in overdrive
Suicide in overdrive
Suicide
Suicide
The blood red moon cracks the midnight sky
Over a sea of shadows where the lonely spirits cry
I see the sun dying, losing its light
But it's alright
Watching the signs, counting the days
Watching the world pass away
I believe in Your ways
'Till the end of my days
You are my shelter
To You I pray when I'm losin', losin' my way
I seek your wisdom to search what I must find
I must find
I seek your vision to be my eyes when I am blind
So blind
I feel the chill of a world that's lost its love
Like a lonesome dove
I believe in Your ways
Till the end of my days
You are my shelter
To You I pray when I'm losin', losin' my way
Watching the signs, counting the days
Watching the world pass away
I believe in Your ways
Till the end of my days
You are my shelter
In Your name I pray when I'm losin' my way
I believe in Your ways
Till the end of my days
He spent a fortune chasing dreams
In the springtime of his days
And when the seasons crawled
Summers passed to fall
And when they're gone it's gone for good
How long has he waited
To walk in the light?
The memory's faded
With his sight
As the last days of winter pass him by
See the old man
His withered mind
Built his fortress in the sand
And in a moment's time
Swept up by the tide
All his wealth slips through his hands
How long has he waited
To walk in the light?
His memory's faded
With his sight
His life has passed before his eyes
As the last days of winter pass him by
A fool and his money
Alone against the world
All aboard the Hell-bound train
As it burns on down the track
Leaving gold and good behind
Because they won't be coming back
The souls depart at the midnight hour
On a one-way ticket down
Severed from this mortal coil
Never to be found
Burnin', burnin' alive
Burnin', no one survives this ride
The Helltrain runs through the night
The wheels keep turning
The fires keep burning
Once around a long way down
Miles down from Heaven
Alone on this Hell-bound train
The conductor smiles, demonised
As he tolls the engine bell
Devilman come to claim his own
Gonna take 'em al down to Hell
A ghost train ride, a moonless night
Screams that wake the dead
Rollin' thunder, breathing fire
Burnin' on full steam ahead
Burnin', burnin' alive
Burnin', no one survives this ride
The Helltrain runs through the night
The wheels keep turning
The fires keep burning
Once around a long way down
Miles down from Heaven
Alone on this Hell-bound train
The Helltrain runs through the night
The wheels keep turning
The fires keep burning
Once around a long way down
Miles down from Heaven
Alone on this Hell-bound train
The wheels keep a-turning
The fires keep on burning
Once around a long way down
So far from Heaven
I met an old lady
Whose past was rather shady
Playin' down in New Orleans
No one of fame
Just some French Quarter dame
Her style was just a bit obscene
Oh yeah
Tellin' me stories
Of her fast faded glory
She left no stone unturned
Except the one
About the Father's only Son
And child, she said
That bridge been burned
But I know there's a Heaven
'Cause Lord I live in this Hell
She led me down to the killing floor
To hear the wolves scratchin' at my door
I know that you're guessin'
That somethin's been missin'
So preacher come and and save my soul
My lust has been fed
Sleepin' in the devil's bed
And sorrow's made my heart turn cold
My momma was a junkie
My daddy was a drunkie
He left us all when I was five
By sweet sixteen
My dear sister Jean
Was turnin' tricks to stay alive
So you can call me a sinner
But it runs in the family
Lord help me please
I know you said that you'd pray for me
But do you care for me?
It's all in your mind she said
It's just the same old feeling
You said that a prayer could raise the dead
And Lord I believe it
All of the lines I chose before
I won't use them any more
When will it ever end?
The wolf's at the door again
Take it or leave it
The truth, the life, the way
You'd better believe it
The truth, the life, the way
Take it or leave it
The truth, the life, the way
You'd better believe it
Lord, Lord save this poor gone soul
It's been ten years
And ten million tears
Tryin' to keep the spirit clean
As long as I live
I'll never forget
The lady down in New Orleans
She led me down on the killing floor
And I swear I couldn't take any more
When I heard her say
It's all in your mind my friend
Don't put your faith in a feelin'
You said that a prayer could raise the dead
And Lord I believe it
All of the lines I chose before
I won't use them any more
When will this nightmare ever end?
The wolf's at the door again
Feel the sunshine
Feel the sunshine
Feel, feel
Feel the sunshine
Feel the sunshine
Feel
Feel the sunshine
Feel the sunshine
There's a revolution dawning
And love is on our side
If we answer to the calling
The light will guide our way in the night
Through so many changes we stand for what is real
In spite if the persecution
We live to do His sacred will
Can you feel it coming?
In the name of love
I see a new day dawning
Rolling like a river, flowing to a sea of
Blood, blood, blood
Cover my life with the blood
Blood, blood, blood
Cover my life with the blood
Now take a look around you
Tell me what it is you see
I see the masses crying out to be set free
Can you feel it coming?
In the name of love
I see a new day dawning
Rolling like a river, flowing to a sea of
Blood, blood, blood
Cover my life with the blood
Blood, blood, blood
Cover my life with the blood
Blood, blood, blood
Cover my life with the blood
Blood, blood, blood
14 quiet days
These hours just slept in your place
White sand and a vague sense of youth
How can I get through?
It's a violent truth that I'm like you
16 lonely hours, no sun or depth
15 dreams of you all alone
But still far from reach
Crosses traced in white sand
It's a violent truth that I'm like you
You said the first time was so perfect
But the rest was all just wrong
Take these fears that bind me
Lord, I can't use them any more
Life so cold I feel
My prayers don't reach the sky no more
Formed from the dust of earth and water
You kissed the breath of life into me
I've held the hand that holds back the reins
And it set me free to rest in peace
Dust to dust
Born a child of mercy
Bred by the powers that moves the seas
When my day is done
And my time is finally come
From the ashes Your love will carry me
Formed from the dust of earth and water
Fed by the fire that quenched my soul
I've held the hands that hold back the reins
And it set me free to rest in peace
Ashes to ashes
Shadows whisper my name
Ashes to ashes
Ashes to ashes
And now I'm leaving this game
To rest in peace
Dust to dust
I see the storm clouds comin'
Seven horses ride
By the moonlight's glow in a crimson sky
A band of angels, seven voices cry
No more, no more child
Don't you cry no more
Formed from the dust of earth and water
You kissed the breath of life into me
I've held the hands that hold back the reins
And it set me free
And it set me free
And it set me free
Ashes to ashes
Shadows whisper my name
Ashes to ashes
Ashes to ashes
I'm leaving this game
To rest in peace
Dust to dust
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Ashes to ashes
To rest in peace
Dust to dust
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Ashes to ashes
Heat seeps in holes
Heat seeps in souls
Sweat soaked yellow shroud
Breathless protection
Daggers where the eyes should be
Blood running down your cheeks
Eyes in black suns direction
Feet burning insects stinging
Sweat soaked yellow shroud
Breathless protection
Daggers where the eyes should be
Blood running down your cheeks
Begin
Inject
Remove
The point
The ocean spreads beneath the skin
Fluid fills blackened lungs
Tar seeps across the eyes
Away in the sea of red
I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one
Adore you, and want you so
I'm just a no one,
With nothing to give you but Oh
I Love You
He, He buys you diamonds
Bright, sparkling diamonds
But believe me, dear when I say,
That he can give you the world,
But he'll never love you the way
I Love You
He can take you anyplace he wants
To fancy clubs and restaurants
But I can only watch you with
My nose pressed up against the window pane
I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one
Must watch you, go dancing by
Wrapped in the arms of somebody else
When darling it's I
Who Loves you
I Love You
I Love You
I Love You