From Atalante:
The "determinative" at the end of the hieroglyphic name Punt means "land (outside Egypt)".
Now lets look at the "biliteral hieroglyph" that occurs in the middle of the word for Punt. (as drawn at
http://www.maat-ka-ra.de/english/punt/puntlage.htm That biliteral is a "rabbit", which is normally pronounced "wen".
Here is a link which not only shows the rabbit biliteral, but also breaks the "rabbit" down into its official component hieroglyph elements.
http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/hiero_bilit.html According to Critias (and according to Erick, here on the AR bulletin board about a year ago) this breaking down of hieroglyph symbols is exactly what Solon did while he was studying the Atlantis source material in Egypt, ca 570 BC.
To the best of my knowledge, Erick never tried to analyze the word Punt.
Amazingly enough, I may be the first person to propose a "Punt = rabbit land = Spain" theory.
Our modern word for "Spain" was originally selected by Phoenicians because the name meant
"land of rabbits" in Phoenician language.
quote from:
http://www.wwf.org.uk/news/n_0000002518.asp Land of the rabbits has lost its bunnies...
Thursday 13 April 2006
A tragedy is unfolding in Spain, "the land of the rabbits," this Easter, leaving one of Europe's most exciting ecosystems seriously threatened.
A collapse in the number of rabbits in the Iberian peninsula, the region where the European or "true" rabbit evolved, is pushing some of Europe's most charismatic species - including the Iberian lynx and the Spanish Imperial eagle to the brink of extinction.
Spain is so inextricably linked to rabbits that even the name "Espaņa" is derived from the Phoenician word I-shephan-im or Ishaphan which, roughly translated, means "land of the rabbits".
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The above comments mesh together nicely when we review the voyage which Pharoah Necco II financed to circumnavigate Africa, ca 600 BC.
That 600 BC voyage was made by Phoenician sailors. They were almost certainly trying to find the legendary land of Punt. And they did find Spain, which they, consequently, named the "land of rabbits".
