Hatshepsut’s Punt Expedition recreated on film
Florida State University’s Cheryl Ward has been studying ancient ships for 25 years. She spent last week in Egypt as boat-builders laid the keel for a 70 feet long and 18 feet wide ship she and a documentary crew will sail 1,000 miles on the Red Sea in December.
The project is the work of French documentary producer Valerie Abita, whose “Hatshepsut and the Land of Punt” is scheduled for broadcast next spring. The trip will trace a journey made 4,000 years ago by Egyptians under Queen Hatshepsut to Punt (modern-day Ethiopia), to bring back gold, ivory, exotic animals, myrrh and live frankincense trees.
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