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On our journey through the lands of the bible we found ourselves lingering in the old city of jerusalem here in this place that is so sacred to jews, christians, and muslims. it is easy to imagine your way back to around 970 b.c., when the bible says the famous king solomon reigned. >> solomon became in a sense the very ideal of the oriental emperor as the sort of magnificent king. >> under david and solomon the israelites were able to amalgamate into a pretty powerful kingdom. >> solomon seemed determined not to repeat the mistakes of his father, king david, and his brothers, whose lust and p...

A permanent place to settle. according to the bible, the israelites were constantly on the move, spending 40 arduous years wandering in the desert. >> for 40 years in the wilderness the jews just bitched at each other constantly. it is a nonstop rant. we are human. we complain. we kvetch. the israelites actually had the temerity to say maybe it would have been better to stay in egypt. can you imagine? >> good morning. >> welcome to mount nebo. >> thank you. nice early morning to see the promised land. >> it is indeed. moses i'm not sure if he came early morning or evening. >> reporter: we met ...

Of the exodus story could have taken place right here. that would have been the parting of the red sea, of course. only today it's a middle eastern gold coast full of beach resorts and diving holidays. and the waters look decidedly less ominous. but today's red sea may not be the place. the original hebrew bible refers to it as yom suf, roughly translated as the sea of reeds. and that leads some scholars to suggest the story might be describing more of a marsh. >> or the lagoon of swamp grasses or something like that, which puts you in mind of a fairly shallow body of water. >> reporter: someh...

Behind the stories of the bible. if these stones could talk, what would they tell us? and can a war correspondent who has seen all that tears us apart? >> christiane amanpour in israel -- >> discover what it is that can bring us together. "back to the beginning with christiane amanpour" continues. >> reporter: driving through the region known today as the west bank, the heart of canaan in biblical times, it's hard to believe that this was the promised land that moses tried for so long to reach but never did. until an unexpected patch of green comes into view, signaling our arrival into the bib...

And now, snakes, storm clouds, and swarms of bugs. and who was the pharaoh who messed with moses? as "back to the beginning with christiane amanpour" continues. our journey back to the time of moses took us to the ruins of luxor. it is a grand reminder of the glory that once was ancient egypt. and nearby we met betsy bryan, an american archaeologist who's unearthing clues about this place and its people. >> all the digging that's gone on for the last several hundred years, has that enabled us to reach a conclusion about history, about even the biblical stories? >> well, i think that there's ...