Hatshepsut (Part III): The Punt Expedition

In 1488-1487 BCE, Egypt’s reigning Queen-King Maat-ka-Re Hatshepsut launches her most famous project. Returning to the glory days of previous kings, she funds an expedition south, down the Red Sea coast, to the wonderful land of Punt.

We journey to Punt, meet the locals, and see how it all fits into Hatshepsut’s grand personal narrative.

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Bibliography

  • Ian Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, 2000.
  • Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would Be King, 2014.
  • Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994.
  • James H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, 1906.
  • Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 2006.
  • Catherine A. Roehrig (editor), Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh, 2005.
  • Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari, vols. V and VI, 1906.
  • Betsy M. Bryan (editor), Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut, 2014.
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  1. Gabi
    May 24, 2018,

    Download does not work 🙁

  2. Christine Pizan
    March 30, 2022,

    First of all, love the poster you made.

    Secondly a question; did ancient egyptian have personal pronouns, and if so what were used by Hatsheput after they became king. Was it ‘she went down to Punt’ or ‘he went down to Punt’, or does it vary between inscriptions

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