Homosexuality in ancient Egypt

In fact, homosexuality is no stranger in the first civilizations known to mankind as ancient Egypt, more importantly this is not considered to be misleading.

In spite of the multitude of opinions that ancient Egyptians did not exist homosexual relations before Sodom and Gomorrah, a series of historical and literary evidence proved the opposite.

It has been discovered that the ancient Egyptian society was familiar with the concept of homosexuality and considered it a cultural practice, expressed by many artifacts and historical evidence. Among them are legendary stories, such as the battle between the god Horus and the god Set, or artifacts such as the remaining scrolls of papyrus, statues, tombs belonging to different Egyptian dynasties.

Allowing lesbians, strictly forbidden adultery

Lesbians are recognized in ancient Egyptian times - (PHOTO: raseef22).

Lesbians are recognized in ancient Egypt even though there is little evidence of this. Some archaeologists suggest that there are sexual symbols in some scenes depicting women hugging each other, while others clearly describe intimate scenes, especially those from the Amarna period. However in most ancient Egyptian art, it is difficult to distinguish men and women.

A passage from 'The Book of Death' written by a female author from 970 BC states: 'I have never had sex with a woman in the temple'. This suggests that ancient Egypt had more tolerance for lesbianism than for male homosexuality. However, this special passage does not mention the prohibition of homosexuality or contempt for gay people. Instead, it refers to lesbian homosexuality in the temple, where at that time the venue for popular festivals and witnessed sexual acts between men and women, especially is temple prostitutes.

Homosexuality is also mentioned in the book "Dream Book" , dating from later dynasties. A Carlsberg wax paper describes a woman who reprimanded another woman for dreaming of having a sexual relationship with a married woman. Various sources, including the Egyptologist Cassia Spakoksa, point out the idea that this text only prohibits and condemns adultery, not lesbians in general. This shows that homosexuality may have been accepted to some extent in ancient Egyptian society.

Homosexual among the gods

Many exhibits show that ancient Egyptian gods Set and Horus had sex with men - (PHOTO: raseef22).

The stories of ancient Egyptian mythology include the conflict between Osiris - the god of the afterlife and the symbol of good, along with his brother Set - the god of the desert, storm, violence and mixedness. disorder. Osiris and Set are believed to be the children of the Nut God Goddess and the god Geb.

After Set killed Osiris, the struggle between the two brothers, the two gods symbolized good and evil passed down to the son of Osiris, Horus. Horus was born between Osiris and his sister who was also his wife, Isis - goddess of health, marriage and wisdom. After the death of Osiris with the help of his mother, Isis, Horus vowed to kill his uncle, Set, to avenge his father.

In sexual research in ancient Egypt, archaeologist Mohamed Gamal said that during various stages of the struggle, Set planned to humiliate Horus by having sex with him. I, then chanted Horus in front of the divine court. In fact, many artifacts also confirmed that these two gods had homosexual sex. In some Papyrus scrolls have recorded the praises of Set for Horus 'behind'.

The first gay duo was recorded

Two royal servants are both brothers and lovers - (PHOTO: Ancient-origins).

In the fifth dynasty (about 2400 BC), two royal servants, Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep , were known as brothers and also lovers. It was two manicurists for the royal family in the Palace of King Nyuserre Ini. Their names are written side by side in hieroglyphs on the tomb found in 1964 (where they were buried together) with the meaning of "earthly lovers and in the afterlife". The surprising thing is that Niankhkhnum once had a wife. Some pictures of Niankhkhnum's wife were drawn on the grave but were deleted. Some others Khnumhotep was drawn in the position of his wife.

Some Egyptologists and archaeologists believe that they are the first gay duo recorded in history. Therefore we can conclude that culture at that time did not prevent homosexual relations.

Homosexuality under Pharaoh

The ancient Egyptian society scorned "weak" players in homosexual relationships - (PHOTO: raseef22).

Although the evidence suggests that ancient Egyptian society largely accepted gay people, however, 'weak' players in this relationship were considered inferior, while 'strong' players was praised for his strength.

In the legend of Horus and Set, Horus was not interested in denying his relationship with his uncle, but denied that he was a "weak" actor .

Along with the flow of time and changes in thoughts and beliefs, disdain for those who play 'weak' in a growing gay relationship. Gradually, ancient Egyptians began using homosexual phrases in their libel and jokes.

Mohamed Gamal expressed his support for this hypothesis: 'In contemporary Egyptian society, in certain youths, it is not shameful to admit to participating in an affair. homosexual sex, as long as you are the dominant person ".

He followed these changes in ideology with the fact that Egypt was at the center of a vast empire, through which contact with a number of different civilizations and cultures could have "disregard. homosexuality and thereby affect Egyptian culture ". This is of course with the emergence of beliefs Abraham - the belief in forbidden homosexuality.

However, despite the surviving evidence of homosexual relationships, the history of ancient Egypt was often distorted to reflect the culture and customs of contemporary Egyptian or Arab society. In fact many historical professors or archaeologists consider it an insult to history and try to deny it. So the sources of literary or physical evidence of homosexuality in ancient Egypt were quite scarce.

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