http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2007/06/dilmun-and-punt-two-mythical-origins-for-two-early-civilizations-part-i/ Archaeology, anthropology, science, and skepticism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ahotcupofjoe.net/2007/06/dilmun-and-punt-two-mythical-origins-for-two-early-civilizations-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Once We Were Warriors « Jeevindra’s Weblog Sat, 17 May 2008 06:11:36 +0000 http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/dilmun-and-punt-two-mythical-origins-for-two-early-civilizations-part-i/#comment-192 [...] “Both Punt and Dilmun are referred to in their respective myths as holy places and being to the east. Both are places of trade and are revered as being ancestral homelands. Both are given mystical and Utopian status and spoken of in myth with respect. And both are considered to be the “land of the god(s).” Punt, unfortunately isn’t written of nearly to the degree that Dilmun is, but its allure is, perhaps, equally mysterious and appealing to those of both antiquity and modernity.” http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/dilmun-and-punt-two-mythical-origins-for-two-early-civi... [...] [...] “Both Punt and Dilmun are referred to in their respective myths as holy places and being to the east. Both are places of trade and are revered as being ancestral homelands. Both are given mystical and Utopian status and spoken of in myth with respect. And both are considered to be the “land of the god(s).” Punt, unfortunately isn’t written of nearly to the degree that Dilmun is, but its allure is, perhaps, equally mysterious and appealing to those of both antiquity and modernity.” http://ahotcupofjoe.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/dilmun-and-punt-two-mythical-origins-for-two-early-civi... [...]

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