PRINCESS IDENTIFIED.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 375, 17 March 1932, Page 1

PRINCESS IDENTIFIED.

Woman who Found Moses in Bulrushes.

LONDON, March 10

Discoveries made in the royal tombs of Jericho have made it possible to identify with considerable certainty the Egyptian Princess who, more than 3300 years ago, found the infant Moses among the bulrushes of the Nile. That is the opinion of Sir Charles Marston, who is responsible for the Marston Archaeological Expedition now in Palestine, with Professor John Garstang as director.

Sir Charles told a reporter: “The new discoveries, consisting of pottery and scarabs, place the date of the Exodus at about 1440 B.C. This date confirms, and has the confirmation of, the Bible. The Exodus took place soon after the death of Thotmes 111., who reigned for about fifty-three years. He was preceded by Thotmes 11., who reigned for thirteen years.

“ During the whole of the reign of Thotmes 11. and the first fourteen years of the reign of Thotmes 111., the real ruler of the country as Hata«=u, the most masterful princess in Egyptian history. She was the sister of Thotmes 11. The discoveries in Jericho make it possible to identify this Princess as the one who found Moses in the bulrushes. It was her favour that brought him to power, and it was her death that made it necessary for him to flee from Egypt to Midian for the remaining forty years of the reign on Thotmes III”