. Kings and gods of Egypt . Fig. 5.—A Village in the Land of Punt. In fact, the gods had expressed their will in thematter. One day, the prayers of the sovereignrose to the throne of the lord of Karnak and acommand was heard in the sanctuary, an oraclefrom the god himself, that the ways to Punt shouldbe explored, and the roads searched out whichlead to the land of the Incense. I have given 1 Davis and Naville, The Tomb of Hatshopsitu, p. 32. 36 Kings and Gods of Egypt thee Punt, says the god elsewhere, none knewthe way to the country of the gods, none had goneup to the terraces of the Incense,
. Kings and gods of Egypt . Fig. 5.—A Village in the Land of Punt. In fact, the gods had expressed their will in thematter. One day, the prayers of the sovereignrose to the throne of the lord of Karnak and acommand was heard in the sanctuary, an oraclefrom the god himself, that the ways to Punt shouldbe explored, and the roads searched out whichlead to the land of the Incense. I have given 1 Davis and Naville, The Tomb of Hatshopsitu, p. 32. 36 Kings and Gods of Egypt thee Punt, says the god elsewhere, none knewthe way to the country of the gods, none had goneup to the terraces of the Incense, none among theEgyptians; but they had heard of them from thelips of those who lived in olden times. The fleet, composed of five ships, was heartily r. Fig. 6.—Parihu, Lord of the Land of Punt,and his Wife, Ati. welcomed by Parihu, lord of the land of Punt,and his wile Ati1 (Fig. 6). The Egyptians offeredgifts of bread, beer, wine, meat, vegetables,—all the things of Egypt. In exchange, Senmoutled iii boats with thirty-one incense trees, • • thai P ing in his hand, wears a around his neck, ha t into his belt, and his red with metal rings (from their yellow colour, i)ly of gold). His witc, ami his daughter (portrayed else- whi ? the large and adipo of beauty, characteristic of the Hottentol Oueen Hatshopsitu and Her Temple 37 and heaps of aromatic gums, ebony, ivories,gold, precious woods, incense, antimony powder,monkeys, greyhounds, besides skins of the leo-pards of the South, and people of the land andtheir children. When the expedition returned toThebes, the incense trees were transplanted in thecourt of the temple, which became the garden ofAmon. All the treasures from the land of Puntwere presented to the gods. The Que
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