The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique

AP via Yahoo ^ | Fri May 2, 6:23 AM ET | ALEX DOMINGUEZ

[SunkenCiv]

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Big statue of Amenhotep III discovered in Luxor
Egypt State Information Service | Saturday, March 22, 2008 | unattributed
Posted on 03/25/2008 11:13:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1991686/posts

Statue of Pharaonic queen discovered in south Egypt
(Queen Tiy, wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III)
AP on Yahoo | 3/22/08 | AFP
Posted on 03/22/2008 4:48:10 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1990075/posts

Study Shows Life Was Tough For Ancient Egyptians
Yahoo news | 3-28-2008 | Alaa Shahine
Posted on 03/28/2008 8:20:26 PM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993456/posts

[ValerieTexas]

I vote for Marfan’s Syndrome.

[Captain Beyond]

bump

[nmh]

Leave it to Yale to be preoccupied with some form of sex - “female physique”. Wonder how much money that “study” required.

[nmh]

Maybe they're subtly trying to push that he was bisexual because of his “physique”? This would be received with accolades from the freak community, ah trans gendered or bisexuals.

[nmh]

Maybe they're subtly trying to push that he was bisexual because of his “physique”? This would be received with accolades from the freak community, ah trans gendered or bisexuals.

[nmh]

#17 You made my day!

Good humor!

[nmh]

#17 You made my day!

Good humor!

[nmh]

“So...this modern pointy-headed prof presents “evidence” that the pharaoh whose religion was closest to Judæo-Christian beliefs was some sort of freak!”

I think you uncovered the REAL problem with this one. They need to be consistent and ridicule dead and alive for those reasons.

[mass55th]

"Probably feminist claptrap, but it was interesting (the way reading about alien abductions is interesting)."

I'd never heard that before, but it's interesting, especially in light of the fact that Hatshepsut was usually depicted with a false beard.