The Oldest Recorded Queer Couple in History is from Ancient Egypt

The oldest known queer couple in recorded history were also two of the most powerful men in ancient Egypt. Their tomb, which was discovered in 1964 at Saqqara, shows them embracing face to face, holding hands, and sharing breath in a gesture of romantic intimacy almost exclusively reserved for husbands and wives in Egyptian art.

In one key afterlife scene, Niankhkhnum’s wife has been deliberately erased from the wall. So that his companion for eternity would be Khnumhotep.

Someone 4,400 years