Dingoes reached Australia at about the time Queen Hatshepsut sent her ships to Punt.
The oldest dingo remains are some 3,450 years old, and seafarers from Southeast Asia brought them.
The events
- Dingoes reach Australiac. 1450 BC · Madura Cave, Nullarbor Plain. The oldest known dingo remains, found in Western Australia, date to about 3,450 years ago. The dogs were brought by sea by people from Southeast Asia, though exactly who they were remains unknown.
- Hatshepsut's expedition to Puntc. 1470 BC · Deir el-Bahari. Queen-pharaoh Hatshepsut sent ships down the Red Sea to the land of Punt for incense, gold and ebony. Reliefs in her temple at Deir el-Bahari are among the earliest depictions of an overseas trading voyage.
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