Land of Punt

  • Queen Hatshepsut, the Pharaoh of Egypt between c.1479-1458 BCE, sent a fleet of 5 ships to the Land of Punt, which returned with Myrrh and Frankincense.
  • The expedition was recorded on the walls of Hatshepsut’s Temple at the Deir ei-Bahari complex of Mortuary Temples. The location of the Land of Punt has not been confirmed but was probably Somalia.

 

Puntland, Somalia

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