ok, this is where they keep telling us the parting of the red sea was:
(the orange line)
which doesn't seem to make much sense to me right now.
since, we know that Moses (pbuh) wandered in the sinai region for a while after crossing.
so if the valley of kings (where the Pharaohs were buried) is here (red marker "A") though most of the pyramids etc are in the northern cairo region.:
it makes sense that they would take a straight route eastwards or pharaoh would easily catch up with them with his cavalry while they had sheep and goods, children, sick and elderly etc.
secondly, to go over the sinai mountains (which the route shows) with chariots and sheep etc is not an easy if even possible task.
thirdly, to go through sinai, into arabia via the red sea, and come back to sinai also doesn't make much sense.
fourthly, it is quite certain that pharaoh's (may Allah curse him) palace was on or near the banks of the nile as that's where Moses (pbuh) was washed up.
so how does one make sense of the semantics and what would they be trying to hide in pretending the wilderness of Arabia didn't play much part?