Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh by Joyce Tyldesley

Author:Joyce Tyldesley [Tyldesley, Joyce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Africa, General, World, Ancient
ISBN: 9780141929347
Google: VQeKaKQF4JUC
Amazon: B002RI9HJS
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1998-01-28T08:00:00+00:00

Fig. 5.2 Tree being transported from Punt

Five Egyptian sailing ships equipped with oars are shown arriving at Punt where the sailors disembark into small boats, unload their cargo and make for the shore. Here they find a village set in a forest of ebony, incense and palm trees, its houses curious conical structures resembling large beehives made of plaited palm fronds and set on poles above the ground so that their only means of access is by ladder. The inhabitants of the village are a curiously mixed bunch, some being depicted as black or brown Africans while others are physically very similar to the Egyptian visitors. However, the animals shown are clearly African in origin. There are both long- and short-horned cattle, long-eared domesticated dogs, panthers or leopards, a badly damaged representation of a creature which might possibly be a rhinoceros and tall giraffes, which were considered so extraordinary that they were led to the ships and taken back to Egypt. The tree-tops are full of playful monkeys and there are nesting birds, a clear indication that it is spring.

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