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The Tomb of Two Brothers is an ancient sepulchre in Deir Rifeh, Egypt. It contains the chamber tomb of the ancient Egyptian high status priests Nakht-Ankh and Khnum-Nakht, which dates from the 12th Dynasty. The whole tomb group is now in the Manchester Museum.
Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are believed by scholars, including Thomas Dowson, and Greg Reeder, to be the first recorded same-sex couple in ancient history. [4]: 96ff [5]: 200–201 The assumed romantic relationship between Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum is based on depictions of the two men standing nose to nose and embracing.
Statuettes found in the Tomb of the Two Brothers. Rifeh or Deir Rifeh (also known as Rifa) is a village in Egypt. The name refers today most often to a series of ancient Egyptian cemeteries nearby. These are the burial grounds of the ancient town Shashotep. The cemeteries date from the end of the First Intermediate Period to the Roman Period.
Margaret Alice Murray FSA Scot FRAI (13 July 1863 – 13 November 1963) was an Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist.The first woman to be appointed as a lecturer in archaeology in the United Kingdom, she worked at University College London (UCL) from 1898 to 1935.
His wife was a woman named Sahte, and he was probably also married to his niece Isis, a daughter of his brother Khonsu. His family is mentioned in the tomb. [3] Situated close to TT1, the family funerary complex, TT2 reused and expanded two earlier Eighteenth Dynasty tombs as chapels, with new burial chambers cut beneath them. [4]
Authorities interrogated and tortured the two brothers until one of the brothers eventually gave up the location of the tomb where the items were plundered from. Authorities were sent out to TT320 immediately to secure it.
The two families want to meet in person, to gather in the same spot and talk in real time, albeit with a translator. They haven't yet decided where or when, but it is a meeting that will bridge ...
The "Tale of Two Brothers" is an ancient Egyptian story that dates from the reign of Seti II, who ruled from 1200 to 1194 BC during the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. [1] The story is preserved on the Papyrus D'Orbiney, [ 2 ] which is currently held in the British Museum.