Where is the land of Punt?

Answer 1

Ancient Egyptian texts are consistent about connecting the location of Punt with the Red Sea, narrowing the possibilities for Punt's geographic location. These records indicate Punt's location to be found south of Nubia, but exactly what modern territory it corresponds to is disputed.
Historians generally agree on eastern Africa, possibly near what is now the southern coast of Sudan or Eritrea (as is suggested by archaeological evidence), or perhaps as far away as Somalia, though this latter view is now regarded by Egyptologists as being questionable. In his translation of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, G.W.B. Huntingford went so far as to claim that the name "Punt" lay behind the name of "Opone," a coastal marketplace located south of Cape Guardafui, and identified both Punt and Opone with Hafun. In the late 1990s part of Somalia declared itself the independent republic of Puntland. It was once thought that the frankincense and other goods the ancient Egyptians boasted of obtaining in Punt suggest a location on the southern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, but the presence of African animals rules this notion out, as well as the realization that incense-producing trees also occur in Africa. In the past, places still farther afield have been mentioned (Mozambique, Bahrain, India), but currently these candidates have largely been dropped in favor of ones located near by in Africa.