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 ...

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 ...

Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh of Egypt. She reigned between 1473 and 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen.” Her rule was relatively peaceful and she was able to launch a building ...

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 ...

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.

The job of ruling over ancient Egypt was largely thought of as a man’s work, yet one woman had the proverbial balls to break with tradition and reign supreme during the 15th century BCE. Her ...

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.

Hatshepsut, now queen of Egypt, bore her husband/brother a daughter, Princess Neferure, but no son. When Tuthmosis II died suddenly, after a mere three years on the throne, a dynastic crisis ...

Temple of Hatshepsut is ranked #1 out of 9 things to do in Luxor. ... NFL International Games 2025: Travel Tips, Tickets and More. Venture abroad for an epic game day experience.

One of Hatshepsut's Punt ships setting sail, ... Certain inscriptions imply that another option to reach Punt was to travel south along the Nile, through Nubia just to the south of Egypt, ...