Talk:Land of Punt

Clarification needed: What is/are antyue?
Re: Pharaoh Sahura's expedition to Punt, what are the goods he returns with? What is the definition for antyue, and the source for this line? I couldn't find a definition online. 100.15.131.207 (talk) 23:28, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 November 2023
Add to the end of some recent genetic research:

In 2023, a primarily German team of researchers published the results of extracting mitochondrial DNA from a mummified baboon. By comparing it with mtDNA extracted from 14 museum specimen baboons from the 19th and 20th centuries with known provenances, they concluded that the mummified baboon came from modern-day Eritrea. As the mummified baboon dates from a period when Egypt was trading with Punt, it may be assumed to come from there, and the authors suggest (but are unable to prove) that Punt is likely to be the same as the later-classical port city of Adulis.

Obviously, feel free to edit the heck out of the wikipedia text if you like; the main point is to add the references to recent relevant research. (E.g. I couldn't figure out a way to add, without making a ridiculously run-on paragraph, that they tried 10 mummified baboons and 21 modern museum specimens, managing to extract usable DNA out of 1 and 14, resp.)

97.102.205.224 (talk) 06:51, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * P.S. Since the above edit request, I've seen (but only skimmed) WP:ARBHORN giving the impressive history behind the extended-protected status of the page. FWIW, I read the Ars Technica article as part of regular web browsing, which led me to read Adulis and Land of Punt for additional background.  As the secondary source seemed to be a WP:RS and and the original research seemed respectable, I thought it would be a worthwhile addition to the existing list of available evidence.  If I've stepped in some Somalia–Eritrea rivalry over claim to historical Punt, I can try to phrase things more delicately&mdash;just please clue me in to what the delicate issue is.
 * 97.102.205.224 (talk) 13:28, 13 November 2023 (UTC)


 * .  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'er there 17:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 25 January 2024
On the fifth paragraph in the section named "Proposed locations", it is written that a specific bird only has a natural habitat in the following African nations: Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and "Somaliland". However Somaliland is not a recognised nation in the international community, so I request this Wikipedia article reflects this fact and changes the term into Somalia or more accurately "Northern Somalia". To remain intellectually honest and to avoid political activism, such a step is required to be taken. EditorS2002 (talk) 05:32, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
 * removed the sentence altogether since it failed verification. M.Bitton (talk) 18:00, 25 January 2024 (UTC)