The alchemist
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Let me be real here for a second. We have no proof that the Land of Punt was in modern Somalia. It might have been in the Horn, but we have no real evidence of this. It's all speculation created by a dumb ancient Egyptian myth about their affinity and likeness to these mysterious people from Punt. How can we be their ancestors when we genetics don't support this notion? Ancient Egyptians saying Punties were their ancestors is the equivalent to modern Macedonians believing that Alexander The Great was their ancestor. When in fact he was most probably Greek living in Macedonia, and these modern Macedonians are Slavs who arrived thousand years after his time.
And let me go a bit deeper. Let's say that the land of Punt was in the north of the Somali region. Why do we presume that we Somalis lived in that area that far back? We might have been one primitive tribe in Ethiopia like all others. Our ancestors didn't even build anything of significance, and this makes me believe that we were not that civilized as people.
Our connection to Land of Punt is nothing more than a myth, and to be more rational it's more likely it was in modern Sudan or Eritrea because Somalia is pretty far down south.
And let me go a bit deeper. Let's say that the land of Punt was in the north of the Somali region. Why do we presume that we Somalis lived in that area that far back? We might have been one primitive tribe in Ethiopia like all others. Our ancestors didn't even build anything of significance, and this makes me believe that we were not that civilized as people.
Our connection to Land of Punt is nothing more than a myth, and to be more rational it's more likely it was in modern Sudan or Eritrea because Somalia is pretty far down south.