Land of Punt

E461479

Egyptian trading expedition ancient region historical geographic region trade partner of Ancient Egypt

The Land of Punt was an ancient, possibly African coastal region famed in Egyptian records as a rich source of luxury goods such as incense, ebony, gold, and exotic animals.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Land of Punt canonical	1
Land of Punt (historical region)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Egyptian trading expedition ⓘ ancient region ⓘ historical geographic region ⓘ trade partner of Ancient Egypt ⓘ
culturalRole	mythologized land of abundance in Egyptian thought ⓘ
describedAs	God’s Land ⓘ
documentedAt	Deir el-Bahri reliefs NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Kingdom tomb inscriptions ⓘ temple inscriptions at Luxor ⓘ
exported	ebony logs ⓘ giraffes ⓘ gold dust ⓘ incense trees ⓘ leopard skins ⓘ live baboons ⓘ
famedFor	animal skins ⓘ aromatic resins ⓘ cosmetics ingredients ⓘ ebony ⓘ exotic animals ⓘ frankincense ⓘ gold ⓘ incense ⓘ ivory ⓘ myrrh ⓘ ostrich feathers ⓘ rare woods ⓘ
hadMaritimeConnectionsWith	Red Sea routes ⓘ
hadRulers	local chiefs ⓘ
hasFamousExpedition	Hatshepsut’s expedition to Punt NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUncertainLocation	true ⓘ
knownFrom	Middle Kingdom inscriptions ⓘ New Kingdom inscriptions ⓘ Old Kingdom inscriptions ⓘ ancient Egyptian records ⓘ
mentionedBy	Hatshepsut NERFINISHED ⓘ Pepi II NERFINISHED ⓘ Thutmose III NERFINISHED ⓘ
possiblyLocatedIn	Eritrea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia region ⓘ Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea coastal region NERFINISHED ⓘ Somalia region NERFINISHED ⓘ northeast Africa ⓘ
significance	major source of luxury goods for Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod	2nd millennium BCE ⓘ 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradeWith	Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hatshepsut → tradePartner → Land of Punt ⓘ

Puntland → namedAfter → Land of Punt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land of Punt (historical region)