Hidden for 4,000 years - is this the world's first gay kiss?

[Thom Little]

What may be the first depiction of a gay kiss was discovered in a 4,000-year-old Egyptian tomb, according to a recent conference at the University of Wales.

Their arms entwined, their torsos and noses touching Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were painted together for eternity in an embrace usually associated with heterosexual couples of the 5th dynasty.

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One of the largest and most beautiful of all the tombs in the necropolis at Saqqara, south of Cairo, the two men's final resting place was discovered in 1964. The archaeologist Ahmed Moussa made the rare find of two men of equal status buried together in a tomb decorated with images of them holding hands or locked nose to nose.

In a recent talk at the University of Wales on Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt Greg Reeder explained that the affectionate embrace might suggest the pair were lovers. Describing an image of the two men tightly clasping each other in the offering chamber, Mr Reeder said: "Here, in the innermost private part of their joint-tomb, the two men stand in an embrace meant to last for eternity."


http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article336093.ece

[xchrom]

1. what i find amusing are the excuses made up

why they weren't lovers -- conjoined twins?

we have always been there -- we were going to leave some evidence -- no way around it.

[TahitiNut]

2. First evidence of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation? (A medical hieroglyph.)

:evilgrin:

[kahleefornia]

4. Niankhkhnum has something in his eye

and Khnumhotep is trying to help?

[moobu2]

3. some tomb images