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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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