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There was an issue of Popular Science a few years back that addressed this, but I can't find it. It tried really hard to explain some of the biblical supernatural events with modern science. I *think* they had a theory of some of what surrounded the liberation of the Isrealites (or Hebrews, if you will) from the Eqyptians.
I won't go as far as Fibrosa and say they didn't happen, but a complete lack of refrence outside of the bible makes it difficult to prove they DID happen. Remember that this happened during a time when Pharoah was considered to be a god, and was thought to have great supernatural powers. If this happened, Egypt might not have converted to Judaism because they had their own explainations for what happened that had nothing to do with the Judeo-Christian God. Pegan (excuse the use of the 'P" word, but it's meaning, 'non-christian', is apt in this use) Gods could have been blamed just as easily as the Hebrews were considered lower -if not the lowest- class. How could the lower/lowest class have a God more powerful than Pharoah?
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