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Thanks to a mummified 3,300-year-old baboon skull, Nathaniel Dominy, a primatologist at Dartmouth College, and his team were able to get a solid idea as to Punt's whereabouts.  The skull was archived in the British Museum's archives. This was a hamadryas baboon, which was originally discovered in Egypt, where these types of primates were revered even though they were not native to the land. Dominy's team studied this particular baboon's teeth, more specifically the oxygen and strontium isotope compositions found in their enamel, to find clues of its birthplace. The reason for looking into i...

Ideas, Inventions And Innovations Mummified Baboons Shine Vew Light on the Lost Land of Punt Ancient Punt was a major trading partner of Egyptians for at least 1,100 years. It was an important source of luxury goods, including incense, gold, leopard skins, and living baboons. Located somewhere in the southern Red Sea region in either Africa or Arabia, scholars have debated its geographic location for more than 150 years.  Specimen EA6736 recovered from the New Kingdom Temple of Khons and now accessioned in the British Museum. Photo (c) The Trustees of the British Museum, and distributed un...