Download or read book Stories from the Land of Punt written by Anita Suleiman and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Introduction: As long ago as the 2,000 years B.C.E., Egyptian merchants imported frankincense and myrrh, spices, ivory and other expensive goods from a mysterious land called Punt. It is likely that Somalia was, or was a part of, ancient Punt. Somalia, on the eastern Horn of Africa, has a long shoreline that is lapped by the waves of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea Gulf. It is at the southern end of the world as known to the ancient civilizations of Egypt and the Middle East.