News
2005-08-13
Ancient Egypt
gossiped about gays
The old saying
"The more things change, the more they stay the same"
just got a little older. A noted Egyptologist says that
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The old saying
"The more things change, the more they stay the same"
just got a little older. A noted Egyptologist says that
Ancient Egyptians gossiped about celebrities'
homosexuality, among other things.
Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff is the curator of San
Jose, Calif.'s Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, which has
North America's largest collection of Egyptian
artifacts. In digging through the museum's archives and
other evidence, she uncovered a penchant for
tabloid-style gossip.
Discovery News reports that one 5,000-year-old
text described an unidentified king often visiting the
home of one of his generals at night.
Schwappach-Shirriff says the repeated use of the phrase "in
whose home there was no wife" suggests the king was having a
gay affair. But she says the gossip doesn't
necessarily mean the Egyptians were antigay. She says
the implicit disapproval may really be about his
failure to produce an heir. (Sirius OutQ News)
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