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IN QUEEN HATSHEPSUT’S GREAT TEMPLE AT DEIR AL-BAHRI IS A RE­
                                                  LIEF, A PORTION OF WHICH IS COPIED HERE, SHOWING EGYPTIAN
                                                  SHIPS LYING OFF THE COAST OF PUNT AND LOADING MERCHANDISE,
                                                  INCLUDING TREES FOR THE QUEEN’S GARDENS. THE BABOONS ARE
                                                  PROBABLY NOT CARGO, BUT MERELY AN OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD OF
                                                  THE PUNT TRADE.
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