According to most scholars, the ancient Land of Punt and its inhabitants formed part of the ethnogenesis of the Somali people. The ancient Puntites were a nation of people that had close relations with Pharaonic Egypt during the times of Pharaoh Sahure and Queen <answer>Hatshepsut</answer>. The pyramidal structures, temples and ancient houses of dressed stone littered around Somalia are said to date from this period.
Who was a Queen of Egypt during the time when Punt and Egypt were close?
Hatshepsut