2006-07-18 04:27:18 · 4 answers · asked by emma d 3 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
The name Red Sea was coined later and is altogether more perplexing. It is thought by some to be a mistranslation of the Semitic name meaning "Sea of Reeds". Another explanation is that the Red Sea is so called because it periodically turns a faint red - from seasonal blooms of a type of cyanobacteria, tiny algae with a reddish pigment that live near the surface of the water. Yet another theory takes a more poetic tack and suggests that reflections of the area's fiery sunrises and sunsets, coupled with its red ranges of mountains, were the inspiration.
2006-07-18 04:33:36 · answer #1 · answered by Paul B 5 · 8⤊ 1⤋
It is said that after as Moses parted the Red Sea and fled to safety, his enemies were crushed by the water as the sea joined back up again and the sea turned red with their blood.
Rather gruesome I must admit..
2006-07-18 04:31:23 · answer #2 · answered by k² 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original Hebrew name for it was the Reed Sea.
This was mistranslated and changed into Red Sea.
2006-07-18 06:34:54 · answer #3 · answered by jonnnboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its not the Black sea
2006-07-18 04:30:54 · answer #4 · answered by super_star 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋