Chaldera Posted March 29, 2014 #1 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hi everyone. Just a little idea I had about the Punt civilisation... http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Punt Judging by the fact that the only evidence we have of their existence is through Egyptian artifacts and a potential identification as the land of Put in the Bible, is it possible that they were merely made up by the Egyptians as a sort of story to show off Egypt's success or as some sort of mythical civilisation which was later incorporated into the Bible by its writers as either some sort of allegory or else as a false belief? I'll admit, I'm by no means an expert, and expect to be proven wrong. I just wish to learn more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormac mac airt Posted March 29, 2014 #2 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hi everyone. Just a little idea I had about the Punt civilisation... http://www.en.wikipe...ki/Land_of_Punt Judging by the fact that the only evidence we have of their existence is through Egyptian artifacts and a potential identification as the land of Put in the Bible, is it possible that they were merely made up by the Egyptians as a sort of story to show off Egypt's success or as some sort of mythical civilisation which was later incorporated into the Bible by its writers as either some sort of allegory or else as a false belief? I'll admit, I'm by no means an expert, and expect to be proven wrong. I just wish to learn more That's not entirely true since amongst items that were brought back from the Land of Punt by the Egyptians were baboons, which have been traced genetically as having originated in the area of Eritrea and Ethiopia. This means that there is more to the identification of the Land of Punt than mere allegory or false belief. Baboon mummy analysis reveals Eritrea and Ethiopia as location of Land of Punt cormac 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted March 30, 2014 #3 Share Posted March 30, 2014 it sounds a little too circumstantial to definitively locate Punt. ancient Rome for instance had all kinds of wildlife brought in from Africa. so i would not assume that Punt is necessarily located where they sourced their baboons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl.Of.Trumps Posted March 30, 2014 #4 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Very interesting link, cormac. D'anka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormac mac airt Posted March 30, 2014 #5 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Very interesting link, cormac. D'anka You're welcome. cormac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldera Posted March 31, 2014 Author #6 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Thank you for replying aha. I admire your resourcefulness in finding that article, although I do wonder what drove the Egyptians to import these baboons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted April 1, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Punt = Atlantis. Heck, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harte Posted April 6, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Punt = Atlantis. Heck, why not? No, Punt = offensive failure. Stargate = Atlantis. Harte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyomotor Posted July 5, 2014 #9 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Hi everyone. Just a little idea I had about the Punt civilisation... http://www.en.wikipe...ki/Land_of_Punt Judging by the fact that the only evidence we have of their existence is through Egyptian artifacts and a potential identification as the land of Put in the Bible, is it possible that they were merely made up by the Egyptians as a sort of story to show off Egypt's success or as some sort of mythical civilisation which was later incorporated into the Bible by its writers as either some sort of allegory or else as a false belief? I'll admit, I'm by no means an expert, and expect to be proven wrong. I just wish to learn more Puntland is still shown on maps of Africa. It's in the actual Horn of Africa. So I don't think it was an Egyptian invention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Spartan Posted July 6, 2014 #10 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Puntland is still shown on maps of Africa. It's in the actual Horn of Africa. So I don't think it was an Egyptian invention. The name "Puntland"originated in the 1990s only because The Autonomous Puntland State of Somalia came to existence only then. Naturally, they have named the state after the land of punt, which archaeologists/ historians etc beleive is located some place along the east coast of africa, the most probable being the somalian coast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magikgoddess Posted July 14, 2014 #11 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Punt is likely just ancient Egyptian shorthand/slang for another major trading center that they frequented... but apparently it was mainly just a verbal Egyptian thing only... too bad we can't figure out what everyone else around them called that particular trade center... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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