![]() ![]() The sudden appearance of red-hued waters in the Nile could have been caused by a red algae bloom, which appears when certain conditions enable a type of microscopic algae to reproduce in such great numbers that the waters they live in appear to be stained a bloody red. At night, flagellates require more oxygen, which would cause the death of fish.Īn article in Live Science, entitled “The Science of the 10 Plagues,” opines similarly: Hort posits a scenario that could result in the four conditions of red color, death of fish, foul smell, and undrinkability: millions of organisms called flagellates (Euglena sanguinea and Haematoccus pluvalius), probably originating from Ethiopia, in the floodwaters. ![]() Hort tied this “plague” to the Nile’s annual rise in July through September, where it is usually reddish in appearance owing to the presence of Roterde, particles of soil, suspended in the water. And the fish in the Nile died and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt (Exod. lifted up the rod and struck the water that was in the Nile, and all the water that was in the Nile turned to blood. ![]() Greta Hort (1903-1967), a brilliant Danish scholar, wrote an influential article about this, called “The Plagues of Egypt.” I don’t read German, so I will rely on the descriptions of archaeologist James Hoffmeier and scientific articles dealing with similar subject matter. ![]()
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