The Egyptians left us mountains of evidence for Punt, none more so than Hatshepsut, whose 3,500-year-old temple at Deir el-Bahri near Thebes contains a veritable book in stone describing Punt.

Punt is believed to lie in northeastern Africa, somewhere in the area of Eritrea, Ethiopia and southern Sudan. Egyptians had made voyages to it for centuries by Hatshepsut’s time.

Although many statues of Hatshepsut were intentionally broken, the reason behind their destruction has nothing to do with her gen ...

After Hatshepsut, the last known expedition to Punt occurred during the 12th century BCE under Ramses II, commonly known as Ramses the Great. A surviving papyrus describes the sailing of ships ...

Her name was Hatshepsut, ... Among her greatest achievements was a wildly successful expedition that she led to the land of Punt near the Red Sea, returning with untold riches including gold, ...

Hatshepsut's successor tried to demolish all traces of her, but her temple stood the test of time. The once-grand temple offers a look at one of Egypt’s longest reigning female pharaohs.

Hatshepsut proceeded to rule for a total of 21 years. In a scene at Deir el Bahri, men carry a myrrh tree to Egyptian ships in Punt, a land still not clearly identified.

A 3300-year-old baboon skull thought to have come from Punt. The Trustees of the British Museum. According to Ancient Egyptian legends, the Land of Punt was a mysterious kingdom covered in ...

A new study challenges long-standing beliefs about Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s destroyed statues, suggesting they were ritually deactivated.