Regional2480 BCE

Punt expedition of Sahure

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
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Punt · Red Sea coast

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

5th-Dynasty Egyptian seaborne expedition to Punt recorded in Sahure's mortuary temple reliefs; scholars debate whether it was tribute exchange or armed campaign.

Belligerents2

Old Kingdom Egypt
Punt

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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