The Red Sea Phenomenon

It is said that when Ramses II was pharaoh, Moses, a character from the Exodus story in the bible, led 600,000 Israelite men, women, children, and elders out of the slavery which had lasted for more than four hundred centuries. Did he save the Israelites by leading them through a "miraculous" parting of the Red Sea to give them just enough time to escape before the waves came crashing down on the Egyptian army who were trying to catch and destroy them? The question is, did this astounding event truly happen? The Red Sea "miracle" was not just an incredible story which some believe it to be, because there is scientific evidence it occured.