 Her first piece of evidence is an inscription found at a site called Hagar el-Merwa, around the 4th cataract in the area of Kurgus in Nubian territory .She notes that Hagar el-Merwa and the inscription found there can offer proof of an expansion by Thutmosis I into the area around the fourth cataract.Bradbury argues that the Tombos stela was carved after Thutmose’s return trip north from Hagar el-Merwa.