ADULTS 18+ ONLY  Pharoah Smenkhare (reigned c 1360 BC) was appointed king by Akhenaton (King Amenhotep IV) . It was not unusual during Egypt's XVIII dynasty for an aging pharaoh to appoint a co-regent who would gradually assume the powers and responsibility of the monarchy but what is of greater interest is that several portraits have been found depicting the two in affectionate poses which has lead some to claim Smenkhare was Akhenaton's lover. In Thebes Akhenaton was portrayed in statues nude without genitalia. Also his body is usually depicted with wide hips and thighs and a thin waist and sometimes breasts. In fact given that these statues can only have been made with his permission if not encouragement, some believe that he wanted to be depicted as the embodiment of the bisexual sun god, mother and father of all life, who impregnated himself to create mankind. When the youthful and by all accounts extremely handsome Smenkhare was made co-regent the now alienated queen cut herself off and withdrew to the isolated North Palace with the young prince - Tutankhamun. Smenkhare reigned only briefly and little is known about the circumstances of his death. His reign was followed by the equally brief but more famous reign of the boy king Tutankhamun. When Tutankhamun died aged just 20 it seems the furnishings from Smenkhare's tomb were taken to enhance his own. Sources: www.theosophy.org and www.angelfire.com Read more gay history - Second Century - Roman Emperor's favourite drowns in the Nile. xClick here Twelth Century - Salah El-Din - Egypt's gay hero. xClick here Fifteenth Century - Cairo Slave Boy Market. xClick here. Twentieth Century - Terrorists threaten penis shaped Cairo Tower - Click here. Lots more gay history - xClick here ! Don't care for history ? Try a shockingly depraved story - click here ! Is your right hand exhausted by sordid sex stories ? Browse GayEgypt.com's multi-country personals section - click here ! Discover gay destinations in Egypt - click here or Learn some Arabic sex slang - click herex ! |