Description:

The nature of this research paper is to compile primary and secondary sources which catalog the instances of homosexuality in Ancient Egypt and to use them to prove that while the majority of homosexual relations were condemned, certain instances have survived without destruction or condemnation due to their dissimilarities from other sources. From the Old to the New Kingdom, a time frame of over 1600 years, male-male homosexuality was written about in works of literature, carved into tomb walls, and followed men into the afterlife. The questions which require answering are difficult to find definitive answers for; why did these examples survive? Why were certain examples not explicitly condemned, and what allowed them to escape persecution? What is missing, and what are the implications?