Archeologist: No Evidence of Egypt Exodus
NYTimes has a story interviewing Dr. Zahi Hawass, archeologist with the Egypt antiquities authority. Among new discoveries in the Sinai, he refutes any evidence for Jewish migration toward Palestine across the Sinai. The journalist makes some annoying assertions like: He was saved by the pharaoh’s daughter, raised in the royal court, discovered his Jewish roots and, with divine help, led the Jewish people to freedom. Then a good admission: But archaeologists who have worked here have never turned up evidence to support the account in the Bible, and there is only one archaeological find that even suggests the Jews were ever in Egypt. And finally my favorite quote by Dr. Hawass: “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.”