Pharaoh Nefrikare (2500 BC)
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Taken from : The forest People by Colin Turnbull
There is a record of an expedition sent from Egypt in the Fourth Dynasty, (2500 BC) to discover the sources of the Nile. In the tomb of the Pharaoh Nefrikare is preserved the report of his commander, Herkouf, who entered a great forest to the west of the Mountains of the moon and discovered there a people of the trees, a tiny people who sing and dance to their god, a dance such as had never been seen before. Nefrikare sent a reply ordering Herkouf to bring one of these Dancers of God back with him, giving explicit instructions as to how he should be treated and cared for so that no harm would come to him.
Note: This is the oldest known reference to the mountains of the moon. (if the translation is correct)