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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.