Land of Punt
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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. Recent evidence locates it
Excavations of a sculptured Puntite Queen donning the royal cap-crown of ancient Egypt. Sourced from Northern Somalia
A tree in front of Hatshepsut's temple, claimed to have been brought from Punt by Hatshepsut's Expedition, which is depicted on the Temple walls
Egyptian soldiers from Hatshepsut's expedition to the Land of Punt as depicted from her temple at Deir el-Bahri
This relief depicts incense and myrrh trees obtained by Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt
Puntland
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Puntland, officially the Puntland State of Somalia, is a semi-autonomous state located in northeastern Somalia. Despite considering itself as part of Somalia, it has rejected the legitimacy of Somalia
Land of Punt
…and Eritrea. It is also possible that it covered both the Horn of Africa and the area across the sea, in Southern Arabia. The autonomous state of Puntland, the modern day Somali administrative region at the tip of the Horn of Africa, is named in honor of this ancient kingdom. The earliest recorded ancient…
One of the forts of the Majeerteen Sultanate (Migiurtinia) in Hafun
Mohamud Muse Hersi
Abdirahman Farole
Presidential residence in Bosaso