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Better with Pepsi Max. Hello and welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast the history of Egypt.

This is episode 65b, two tales of Hut ships. of Text by James Henry Brested from his 1906 work Ancient Records of Egypt,

volume 2 and from a translation by James Allen in his article

The Spios Artemis Inscription of Hart She episode.

This episode is both in narrative and an artistic description because the Punt Expedition in particular

was recorded both in writing and in visuals. I've done my best to do the artwork justice, but words can only

get me so far. There are images going along with the episode which you will find at Egyptianhistory podcast.com.

There is also a special question put forth by

our listener Brian Lovely asking about a certain very cool aspect of the point narrative's

content. Stick around at the end of the episode for that discussion.

With that in mind, on Punt Expedition.

Let me set the scene.

We are standing in a desert valley in the noonday sun.

It is hot and dusty, but we do not feel it so terribly. There is a breeze from the east where the Nile River

cools the air and relieves some heat. And there is shade thanks to the fact that this valley plays

host to a beautiful, wonderful, orchard.

Rowes of trees run either side of you in ordered plantings,

flanking a pathway that leads up towards the temple,

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