Was homosexuality common in ancient Egypt? While depictions from the period sometimes show two Egyptian men or women next to each other, there is no evidence that they were homosexual couples. However, the tomb of two men buried together, Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, has raised many questions since its discovery in 1964. More recently, an archaeologist named Jennifer Cullison brought the subject back into the spotlight by suggesting, in a video posted on TikTok, that lesbianism was “culturally acceptable” in ancient Egypt. According to this popular science writer, several sources suggest that relationships between women existed at the time.
A copy of the “Book of the Dead,” a collection of texts that the deceased in ancient Egypt were required to recite during their journey to the afterlife to avoid demon traps, which Jennifer Cullison cites as dating to 970 BCE, does indeed mention that the woman he is accompanying “never had relations with a woman inside the temple.” Which could be interpreted as a bad thing given the sacred nature of the temple, although the “relationship with a woman” part does not seem problematic. She also explains that a passage in the “Book of Dreams,” which is said to be dated to 1350 BCE, describes a woman reprimanding another woman for dreaming that she was intimate with a married woman. (…)
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