Mummy's Wrap

A Scribe's Scribbles About Ancient Egypt

The Controversy of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep Revisited – Part 7

| April 25, 2012

Though it is unlikely Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were homosexual partners, neither this nor the theory they were brothers can be proven, though it can be supposed they were brothers or twins more so than if they were partners.

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The Controversy of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep Revisited – Part 3

| March 28, 2012

In many of the literary evidences of homosexuality in ancient Egypt, the act of a homosexual relationship can be hypothesized as being seen as something out of balance, in discord with ma’at.

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A Condensed History of the Dakhleh Oasis – Part 7

| February 29, 2012

Much more work needs to be done before a complete view of the Dakhleh Oasis can be presented.

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A Condensed History of the Dakhleh Oasis – Part 5

| February 15, 2012

Few artifacts found in the Dakhleh Oasis can be definitively attributed to the New Kingdom but even these are more numerous than what has been attested to the Middle Kingdom.

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A Condensed History of the Dakhleh Oasis – Part 4

| February 8, 2012

In the Nile Valley, the Old Kingdom drew to a chaotic close with the First Intermediate Period, then transitioned into the Middle Kingdom. No such transition is apparent in the Dakhleh Oasis.

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