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Khnumhotep & Niankhkhnum



Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are speculated to be the first recorded same-sex couple in history. They shared the title of Overseer of the Manicurists in the Palace of King Niussere during the Fifth Dynasty of Egyptian pharaohs, circa 2400 B.



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