Easter Myths.

This is the proper response when a scientist is asked any question that involves mythical phenomena or superstitions.

That prompted a reporter to ask about the Exodus...
“Really, it’s a myth, If they get upset, I don’t care,” Dr. Hawass said. “This is my career as an archaeologist. I should tell them the truth. If the people are upset, that is not my problem. Sometimes as archaeologists we have to say that never happened because there is no historical evidence,”

Yes. Exactly.

And then his boss backpedals.

Dr. Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, the head of the excavation, seemed to sense that such a conclusion might disappoint some. People always have doubts until something is discovered to confirm it, he noted.
Then he offered another theory, one that he said he drew from modern Egypt.

“A pharaoh drowned and a whole army was killed,” he said recounting the portion of the story that holds that God parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to escape, then closed the waters on the pursuing army.

“This is a crisis for Egypt, and Egyptians do not document their crises.”

People love to point this out. But the forgot if the Egyptians recording it doesn't matter. There is no historical evidence of a large group of Hebrew slaves leaving Egypt or staying the desert. That means more than just no writing. There is no physical evidence or any other source of evidence. I understand that some people quote "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

This is true only sometimes. Science is inter-connected. For that to be true, other things would either have to be modified or be proven false. And that is why you need evidence for people to take you seriously.