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Conclusive Identification of Punt

The conclusive identification of Punt has been made. It's the same area as D'mt which later became Axum/ Aksum...

Textual and archaeological evidence from Mersa/Wadi Gawasis definitely demonstrates that in the first half of the second millennium bc the land of Punt fascinated the imagination of modern scholars the land of Punt consisted of two regions (Bia-Punt and Punt), which were located along the Red Sea to the south of 20° N latitude. These regions encompassed the coastal plains from Suakin to the Bay of Zula, the southern Atbay mountains, the Barka and Gash lowlands as far as the Atbara River, and the highlands in eastern Sudan and Eritrea, as well as the coastal plains in south-western Arabia, with a core area from the middle Atbara valley and Gash Delta in eastern Sudan to the Bay of Zula in Eritrea (fig. 1), where all the products that the Egyptians considered typical of Punt...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0307513319858321#:~:text=Based%20on%20archaeological%20evidence%2C%20the,region%20in%20the%20Egyptian%20sources A.Tamar Chabadi (talk) 00:44, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strontium isotope concentrations in a baboon support a similar position: see Nature. 112.119.116.84 (talk) 19:03, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Queen of Punt syndrome

The source clearly states that there is no genetic or bioanthropological evidence to support this medical diagnosis. This physical form is found in many Upper Paleolithic cultures. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toltol15 (talk • contribs) 16:15, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Punt in Africa, is this theory still possible?

Is the theory of a Punt region in Africa really credible? for me, the only and main reason for locating this land south of Egypt is existence of exotic animals. It turns out that another savannah existed but at the level of the Arabian Peninsula. Who can still defend Punt in Africa? Below is the savannah in Asia Minor: https://nantt44.wordpress.com/2018/08/27/chapter-vii-charmutha-becius-the-punt-kingdom-and-its-countries/ Lepoivre Bertrand (talk) 13:19, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]