| − | The modern designated '''Red Sea''' is a [[sea]] located between [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]] on the west and both [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]] on its eastern coast. Yet the ancient designation of the [[Erythrean sea]] (lit. "Red Sea") was much larger in its extent to include even the [[Perisan Gulf]], [[Gulf of Oman]], the [[Arabian Sea]], [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Gulf of Aden]], as well as both of the gulfs of [[Gulf of Suez|Suez}} and [[Gulf of Aqaba|Aqaba]] (see [[Erythrean sea]]). | + | The modern designated '''Red Sea''' is a [[sea]] located between [[Egypt]], [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]] on the west and both [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]] on its eastern coast. Yet the ancient designation of the '''[[Erythrean sea]]''' (lit. "Red Sea") was much larger in its extent to include even the [[Perisan Gulf]], [[Gulf of Oman]], the [[Arabian Sea]], [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Gulf of Aden]], as well as both of the gulfs of [[Gulf of Suez|Suez]] and [[Gulf of Aqaba|Aqaba]] (see [[Erythrean sea]]). |