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Hatshepsut's Expedition to the Land of Punt and the Transportation of Exotic Goods to Thebes | Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut - Deir el-Bahari, Egypt (20230220_151225.jpg)

Hatshepsut's Expedition to the Land of Punt and the Transportation of Exotic Goods to Thebes

The south-west portico of the middle terrace depicts the expedition to the Land of Punt and the transportation of exotic goods to Thebes. The Land of Punt was an ancient kingdom known from Ancient Egyptian trade records. It produced and exported gold, aromatic resins, blackwood, ebony, ivory and wild animals. The exact location of Punt is debated by historians. Various locations have been offered, southeast of Egypt, a Red Sea coastal region: Somaliland, Somalia, Djibouti, northeast Ethiopia, Eritrea, and north-east Sudan. It is also possible that it covered both the Horn of Africa and Southern Arabia.
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