So the Land of Punt was in Eritrea? When will Puntland do a name change?

[Marquis]

Baboon mummy analysis reveals Eritrea and Ethiopia as location of land

Analysis of mummified baboons in the British Museum has revealed the location of the land of Punt as the area between Ethiopia and Eritrea. To the Egyptians, Punt was a place of fragrances, giraffes, electrum and other exotic goods, and was sometimes referred to as Ta-netjer, or 'God’s land'.

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Octavian]

Baboon mummy analysis reveals Eritrea and Ethiopia as location of land

Analysis of mummified baboons in the British Museum has revealed the location of the land of Punt as the area between Ethiopia and Eritrea. To the Egyptians, Punt was a place of fragrances, giraffes, electrum and other exotic goods, and was sometimes referred to as Ta-netjer, or 'God’s land'.

www.independent.co.uk

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I know right they should reclaime their rightful land the land of the punt stecthed from somalia to sudan

 

[Octavian]

the empire of the punt wohs in

 

[abdiwarrior]

Go back to eating digir

 

[Reformed J]

That article is from 2010, in 2015 that same research team later revised their findings:

Podium: Dominy et al. 2015 Mummified baboons clarify ancient Red Sea trade routes

meeting.physanth.org

The tandem origins of maritime trade and international diplomacy have roots in the Red Sea region. Graphic and epigraphic accounts of this trade often provide specific place names, or toponyms, with unambiguous geographic locations. Yet the location of one crucial polity, Punt (or Pwnt), remains uncertain. Punt was a major emporium of gold, electrum, and biological materials such as myrrh, ebony, ivory, short-horned cattle, leopards, and baboons (Papio hamadryas). The importance of these materials is reflected in the 1200-year duration of trade between Ancient Egypt and Punt (Vth-XXth Dynasties; ca. 2458-1163 BC). The recovery of mummified baboons from several New Kingdom tombs, which was a period of thriving trade with Punt, raises the possibility of using stable isotope analysis to source their provenience. Here we report the oxygen and strontium stable isotope composition of two P. hamadryas mummies from XXth Dynasty tombs. We also analyzed the hair and bone of modern baboons in 106 habitats spanning five hypothesized locations of Punt: (1) Eritrea-Ethiopia; (2) Mozambique; (3) Somalia; (4) western Uganda; and, (5) Yemen. Isoscapes based on kriging interpolation of hair keratin δ18O values and bioapatite 86Sr/88Sr ratios were produced and an index of similarity was calculated based on the geometric mean of the two kriged maps. Our results reveal a high likelihood match with eastern Somalia and the Eritrea-Ethiopia corridor, suggesting that this region was the source of Papio hamadryas exported to Ancient Egypt.

Nice try tho

 

[Sleepy Hollow]

Grand opening and closing folks

 

[Ace the shank]

@kobe same guy that tried to say East Africans are closer to us the arabs

 

[Abdillahi]

Why did they name it Puntland in the first place? Surly Majeertain-land.

 

[Reformed J]

Why did they name it Puntland in the first place? Surly Majeertain-land.

Abdullahi Yusuf and company wanted to make it inclusive to other qabils, the tentative name was Majeerteenia.

 

[SOMALI GENERAL]

Not an issue at all. Btw this was likely the true extent of Punt:

Furthermore, many modern countries appropriate Ancient place names, such as the modern state of Mauritania, but the actual/true Mauritania was located further up North in the Modern states of Morocco & Algeria:

 

[Ace the shank]

this map got me thinking

 

[Mehdi Hassan]

So essentially Somaliland.

 

[Ace the shank]

land of punt stretch from modern day Puntland all the way to southern Egypt

 

[GBTarmy]

That article is from 2010, in 2015 that same research team later revised their findings:

Podium: Dominy et al. 2015 Mummified baboons clarify ancient Red Sea trade routes

meeting.physanth.org

Nice try tho

Lol nice

Not to mention the strongest argument land of Punt was in Somalia is Opone where they found archaeological evidence Ancient Egypt, the Roman empire and Greece had a presence in the region

 

[Farm]

So essentially Somaliland.

Since when did Eastern Somalia = SL?

 

[Mehdi Hassan]

Since when did Eastern Somalia = SL?

Did you not see the map? This isn't the only source claiming the Land of Punt to have been in Northeast Somalia.

 

[Mehdi Hassan]

land of punt stretch from modern day Puntland all the way to southern Egypt

It seems disputed. The Ancient Egyptians regarded it to be their homeland. So I don't think it would make much sense for it to be that way.

 

[Mehdi Hassan]

It seems disputed. The Ancient Egyptians regarded it to be their homeland. So I don't think it would make much sense for it to be that way.

I guess modern-day Egypt, yeah.

 

[JohnQ]

Not an issue at all. Btw this was likely the true extent of Punt:
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Furthermore, many modern countries appropriate Ancient place names, such as the modern state of Mauritania, but the actual/true Mauritania was located further up North in the Modern states of Morocco & Algeria:
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Basically the land of punt map shows punt to be Eritrea, Djbouti, a little part of Ethiopia, and Somaliland

 

[Yahya]

Just wait 10 more years for stability and archaeology. Since the odays failed and left the country a mess, it will be up to this generation to take charge and value archaeology and history.

By then we will have dug the ground using advanced x-ray flyovers that can find buried cities and structure or any kind of artifact much more easily and we will put an end to this.

The we wuz kangs shit needs to stop. Don't claim anything until we have proven evidence or we come out insecure and like fools.

Look at how good technology is these days. We will know in one night if punt was in somalia or elsewhere.

Laser scanning reveals 'lost' ancient Mexican city 'had as many buildings as Manhattan'

Groundbreaking lidar scanning reveals the true scale of Angamuco, built by the Purépecha from about 900AD

www.theguardian.com