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• MEET ANCIENT EGYPT’S FIRST GAY COUPLE. ALLEGEDLY.
• HISTORY’S FIRST GAY COUPLETHEY LIVED, DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER AS EARLY AS 2400 B.C EGYPTKAMNA KIRTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·3 M READ·AUG 13, 2020--5SHARENIANKHKHUM AND KHNUMHOTEPSOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAWHEN EGYPTOLOGISTS DISVERED THE TOMB AT SAQQARA, EGYPT 1964, THEY WERE SURPRISED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TOMB THE NECROPOLIS WHERE A SAME-SEX UPLE WAS BURIED TOGETHER.WH MOST OF THE HISTORY GETTG LOST TRANSLATN, EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE EXTRAPOLATED OM THE EVINCE THEIR TOMB THAT KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM ARE HISTORY’S FIRST DOCUMENTED GAY UPL. THE CLAIM OF A FIRST RERD SAME-SEX UPLE HAS MET NSIRABLE BATE ACROSS AMIANS.HIEROGLYPHS ADORNED ACROSS THE TOMB PICT THEM AS HOLDG HANDS, FACE TO FACE WH THEIR NOS TOUCHG, EMBRACG A WAY THAT PICTS A MARRIED UPLE.THE TOMB
• THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
• WHO WERE THE FIRST GAY COUPLE HISTORY?ALLEGEDLY THE FIRST SAME-SEX UPL HISTORYBELDA MALLASASIME·FOLLOWPUBLISHED THE STORY HISTORY·3 M READ·JUL 13, 2021--SHAREPHOTO BY SHIL NASH ON UNSPLASHIN 1964, WHILE EXVATG THE ARTERY OF THE PYRAMID OF KG UNAS, AN EGYPTOLOGIST NAMED AHMED MOSA DISVERED A TOMB AT SAQQARA EGYPT, THAT HAD THE SCRIPTNS OF TWO MEN LISTED AS “ROYAL NFIDANTS” THEIR JOT TOMB. THE SCRIPTN ALSO HAD THE NAME “KHNUMHOTEP” WRTEN ON THE RIGHT AND “NIANKHKHNUM” ON THE LEFT,THE NAM OF THE MEN SCRIBED ON THE TOMB ARE BELIEVED TO BE BOTH EMBEDD NAM TO THE CREATOR-GOD KHNUM THAT FORM A LGUISTIC REFERENCE TO THEIR LEVEL OF TIMACY. WH KHNUMHOTEP MEANG “KHNUM IS SATISFIED” AND NIANKHKHNUM MEANG “LIFE BELONGS TO KHNUM”.THE TOMB HAPPENED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WH THE NECROPOLIS WHERE HIEROGLYPHS DISPLAY TWO MEN POSNS THAT APPEAR TO BE SOME SORT OF TIMATE (HOLDG HANDS, EMBRACG, STANDG FACE TO FACE WH BOTH NOS TOUCHG, AND LAYG AGAST EACH OTHER). THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN BAT ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ACTUALLY A UPLE, MANY SCHOLARS BELIEVE NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP TO BE THE FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE HISTORY.NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP WH THEIR OFFSPRG (PHOTO SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM
• THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPTHOMOSEXUALY AND ANCIENT EGYPT: A COMPLITED RELATNSHIP.SAL·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·5 M READ·APR 8, 2021--1SHAREPHOTO CREDS: GNOME STEWANCIENT EGYPT IS UALLY ASSOCIATED WH MARVELO TOMBS FILLED WH GOLD, MAGNIFICENT STCTUR THE FORM OF THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND THE LG DYNASTI, AND PHARAOHS. HOWEVER, THIS ANCIENT YET GREAT CIVILIZATN WAS SIAR TO MANY OTHER STAT TODAY WHEN TO HOMOSEXUALY: WAS SEEN AS UNNATURAL AND NOT ACCEPTED SOCIETY.WHILE THERE IS MUCH EVINCE THAT TTIFI THAT HOMOSEXUALY WAS NOT THE NORM, THERE ARE OTHER SPECULATNS THAT S REMNANTS WERE FOUND EVEN AT THE HIGHT STRATA OF THE SOCIAL LADR WH ANCIENT EGYPT. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SRCE, THE CLU DO NOT STOP HISTORIANS OM GGG THE PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY. FROM THE HOLY BOOKS THAT TALK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY TO THE POTENTIAL PRACTICE OF BY AN EGYPTIAN EMPEROR, THIS IS A LOOK AT HOMOSEXUALY ANCIENT EGYPT.THE CUR CASE OF NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP
• IS SAFE FOR GAY COUPL TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT?
• SOME SCHOLARS THK THIS MAY BE THE OLST REFERENCE TO A GAY UPLE HISTORY
• THE TTH ABOUT BEG GAY ANCIENT EGYPT
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT
• GAY UPLE NILE CISE - EGYPT FOM
• GAY MALE UPLE EGYPT - EGYPT FOM
• GAY UPLE WH KID TRAVELG TO EGYPT - EGYPT FOM
• EGYPT GAY TRAVEL

MEET ANCIENT EGYPT’S FIRST GAY COUPLE. ALLEGEDLY.

This was the first and only tomb the necropolis where a same-sex uple was buried most of the history gettg lost translatn, Egyptologists have extrapolated om the evince their tomb that Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are history’s first documented gay upl. ’ This le, ed by Seth on his nephew, is probably the olst rerd chat-up, gay or straight, all of history.

As far as the rerd go, Nyankhkhnum and Khnumhotep are, I thk, the olst gays history.

But they did not have a rigid nventn of sexualy as eher heterosexual or homosexual, and, at least at certa tim, and certa strata, may have tolerated and even celebrated same-sex love. History’s olst rerd gay uple.

HISTORY’S FIRST GAY COUPLETHEY LIVED, DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER AS EARLY AS 2400 B.C EGYPTKAMNA KIRTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·3 M READ·AUG 13, 2020--5SHARENIANKHKHUM AND KHNUMHOTEPSOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAWHEN EGYPTOLOGISTS DISVERED THE TOMB AT SAQQARA, EGYPT 1964, THEY WERE SURPRISED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TOMB THE NECROPOLIS WHERE A SAME-SEX UPLE WAS BURIED TOGETHER.WH MOST OF THE HISTORY GETTG LOST TRANSLATN, EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE EXTRAPOLATED OM THE EVINCE THEIR TOMB THAT KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM ARE HISTORY’S FIRST DOCUMENTED GAY UPL. THE CLAIM OF A FIRST RERD SAME-SEX UPLE HAS MET NSIRABLE BATE ACROSS AMIANS.HIEROGLYPHS ADORNED ACROSS THE TOMB PICT THEM AS HOLDG HANDS, FACE TO FACE WH THEIR NOS TOUCHG, EMBRACG A WAY THAT PICTS A MARRIED UPLE.THE TOMB

Found buried together, Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep who were alive 2400 BC are believed to be history’s olst rerd gay uple and has been the centre of many scholastic bat.

Reer llks John Boswell’s rearch on medieval brotherhood ruals and argued that some were strikgly siar to some same-sex marriag – Showg that gay marriag have been dated to be mon throughout history, cludg Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep’s relatnship. This uple is ed history’s olst rerd gay uple and were fely more than jt ‘homi. Gay people n be found throughout rerd history,.

be humoro-of a homosexual liaison between the gods Hos and Seth, producg.

THE OLST GAYS HISTORY

" "Gay' is too load. "Homosexual' is too morn;. Homosexualy and Ancient Egypt: A Complited Creds: Gnome StewAncient Egypt is ually associated wh marvelo tombs filled wh gold, magnificent stctur the form of the Great Pyramids and the lg dynasti, and Pharaohs.

However, this ancient yet great civilizatn was siar to many other stat today when to homosexualy: was seen as unnatural and not accepted there is much evince that ttifi that homosexualy was not the norm, there are other speculatns that s remnants were found even at the hight strata of the social ladr wh Ancient Egypt.

Even though they are srce, the clu do not stop historians om ggg the prevalence of homosexualy. From the Holy Books that talk about homosexualy to the potential practice of by an Egyptian emperor, this is a look at homosexualy Ancient Cur Case of Niankhkhnum and KhnumhotepPhoto Creds: PtertNiankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were two men that lived at the time Nierre was a Pharaoh.

WHO WERE THE FIRST GAY COUPLE HISTORY?ALLEGEDLY THE FIRST SAME-SEX UPL HISTORYBELDA MALLASASIME·FOLLOWPUBLISHED THE STORY HISTORY·3 M READ·JUL 13, 2021--SHAREPHOTO BY SHIL NASH ON UNSPLASHIN 1964, WHILE EXVATG THE ARTERY OF THE PYRAMID OF KG UNAS, AN EGYPTOLOGIST NAMED AHMED MOSA DISVERED A TOMB AT SAQQARA EGYPT, THAT HAD THE SCRIPTNS OF TWO MEN LISTED AS “ROYAL NFIDANTS” THEIR JOT TOMB. THE SCRIPTN ALSO HAD THE NAME “KHNUMHOTEP” WRTEN ON THE RIGHT AND “NIANKHKHNUM” ON THE LEFT,THE NAM OF THE MEN SCRIBED ON THE TOMB ARE BELIEVED TO BE BOTH EMBEDD NAM TO THE CREATOR-GOD KHNUM THAT FORM A LGUISTIC REFERENCE TO THEIR LEVEL OF TIMACY. WH KHNUMHOTEP MEANG “KHNUM IS SATISFIED” AND NIANKHKHNUM MEANG “LIFE BELONGS TO KHNUM”.THE TOMB HAPPENED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WH THE NECROPOLIS WHERE HIEROGLYPHS DISPLAY TWO MEN POSNS THAT APPEAR TO BE SOME SORT OF TIMATE (HOLDG HANDS, EMBRACG, STANDG FACE TO FACE WH BOTH NOS TOUCHG, AND LAYG AGAST EACH OTHER). THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN BAT ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ACTUALLY A UPLE, MANY SCHOLARS BELIEVE NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP TO BE THE FIRST SAME-SEX UPLE HISTORY.NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP WH THEIR OFFSPRG (PHOTO SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM

They are most notably known for their burial and pictn a picture where historians speculated that they were homosexuals who lived hidn liv, secretly love wh each other. Even though both of the men had wiv and, surprisgly, even children, their fai cid to bury them most nvcg evince, and the most popular one, of them beg gay is the patg their tombs where they stand very close to each other, their nose touchg and both of them almost embracg each other. This might sound like the set-up for a terrible gay remake of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, but at the time, groomg the Pharoah was revered labor.

THE SECRET GAY HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPTHOMOSEXUALY AND ANCIENT EGYPT: A COMPLITED RELATNSHIP.SAL·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·5 M READ·APR 8, 2021--1SHAREPHOTO CREDS: GNOME STEWANCIENT EGYPT IS UALLY ASSOCIATED WH MARVELO TOMBS FILLED WH GOLD, MAGNIFICENT STCTUR THE FORM OF THE GREAT PYRAMIDS AND THE LG DYNASTI, AND PHARAOHS. HOWEVER, THIS ANCIENT YET GREAT CIVILIZATN WAS SIAR TO MANY OTHER STAT TODAY WHEN TO HOMOSEXUALY: WAS SEEN AS UNNATURAL AND NOT ACCEPTED SOCIETY.WHILE THERE IS MUCH EVINCE THAT TTIFI THAT HOMOSEXUALY WAS NOT THE NORM, THERE ARE OTHER SPECULATNS THAT S REMNANTS WERE FOUND EVEN AT THE HIGHT STRATA OF THE SOCIAL LADR WH ANCIENT EGYPT. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SRCE, THE CLU DO NOT STOP HISTORIANS OM GGG THE PREVALENCE OF HOMOSEXUALY. FROM THE HOLY BOOKS THAT TALK ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY TO THE POTENTIAL PRACTICE OF BY AN EGYPTIAN EMPEROR, THIS IS A LOOK AT HOMOSEXUALY ANCIENT EGYPT.THE CUR CASE OF NIANKHKHNUM AND KHNUMHOTEP

And the Book of Dreams (cir 1200 BCE), different fat are laid out for the woman who has sex wh a married woman vers the one who has sex wh a sgle and all, would be historilly accurate to talk about “gay Ancient Egyptians, ” Lacey hastens to clarify, for two reasons. Lacey tells me that there is a persistent mor among scholars who study Nubia that “there were entirely homosexual groups of men livg the kgdom of Kh, ” though no one has ever isolated the source of those mors, or proven or disproven them. This faial theory was nsired a fact until Egyptologists the 1990s proposed that they were actually lovers, meang that Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum uld very well be the first gay uple history.

) Today, however, Sappho is primarily associated wh female homosexualy Ancient Greece.

IS SAFE FOR GAY COUPL TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT?

Still, the general story is about the relatnship between Ort and Pylas, which by the time Hanl wrote his opera versn was nsired homoerotic by 18th-century dienc.

Their versns were particular, were far more homoerotic than the Greek versns. Whether or not the story is te is irrelevant; the plot shows a rare stance of Ancient transgenrism and lbianism, pecially given how male homosexual relatnships received signifintly more ntemporary verage than ancient lbians did.

SOME SCHOLARS THK THIS MAY BE THE OLST REFERENCE TO A GAY UPLE HISTORY

For example, an thor who wrote the acunt of Megill, a du named Lucian, also wrote other homoerotic ntent, cludg a vivid scriptn of Megill and Leaena embracg a passnate kiss. They were a ltle more open to homosexualy than their Greek unterparts. From the fall of the Roman empire, homosexualy beme more stigmatized than ever.

Acrdg to ntemporary Egyptian law, homosexualy self has not been crimalized, but gay upl n still be persecuted.

Discretn is remend for gay travellers Egypt. Is Safe for Gay Coupl to Travel to Egypt? So, is safe for gay upl to travel to Egypt?

THE TTH ABOUT BEG GAY ANCIENT EGYPT

Is safe for gay upl to travel to Egypt? While you most likely won’t be arrted for gay behavur public or while visg Egypt’s many amazg tourist attractns, you will almost certaly attracted star and unwanted attentn. Is Safe to Travel to Egypt as a Gay Couple if you are Married?

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS EGYPT

Is safe for gay upl to travel to Egypt if they are legally married their own untry? Can Gay Coupl Share a Hotel Room? Y, gay upl n share hotel rooms Egypt, as well as bs on Nile cise boats.

In some remote areas, there is a chance of beg turned away, but most, if not all hotels Egypt’s major ci wele gay travelers. Is there a Gay Scene Egypt? There is some semblance of a gay scene Cairo and perhaps some other major ci Egypt.

GAY UPLE NILE CISE - EGYPT FOM

While is generally safe for gay upl to travel to Egypt, unr no circumstanc should they attempt to get volved the lol gay scene.

GAY MALE UPLE EGYPT - EGYPT FOM

As we have already mentned, Egypt do not regnize same-sex marriage, but homosexualy is not officially illegal.

The anti-prostutn and bchery laws that are ed to ta gays typilly rry sentenc rangg om 6 months to three years prison. Consirg the wispread negative attu towards homosexualy and the LGBTQ+ muny general, is safe to travel to Egypt as a gay uple? However, gay upl should exercise a certa amount of discretn.

As a gay person travelg Egypt, is probably not a good ia to flnt your sexualy.

GAY UPLE WH KID TRAVELG TO EGYPT - EGYPT FOM

As we have said, gay behavur public is simply gog to attract unnecsary attentn, and probably a lot of star. Nohels, we still remend that gay people should keep their sexualy low-key while travellg anywhere Egypt. Some scholars thk this may be the olst reference to a gay uple history Artist Nila Rsell illumat the fascatg backstory behd the Egyptian “Tomb of Two Brothers, ” which some scholars believe to be the first same-sex uple reprented rerd history.

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EGYPT GAY TRAVEL

In spe of the overwhelmg assumptn  the Arab world, that homosexualy never existed before Sodom and Gomorrah, historil and lerary evince suggts otherwise.

Homosexualy was not alien to the first civilizatns known to humany—more importantly, was not nsired viant.