Nyankh-Khnum and Khnum-hotep each had families of their own with children and wives, but when they died their families apparently decided to bury them together in one and the same mastaba tomb. In this mastaba, several paintings depict both men embracing each other and touching their faces nose-on-nose. These depictions leave plenty of room for speculation, because in ancient Egypt the nose-on-nose touching normally represented a kiss.
Nyankh-Khnum and Khnum-hotep each had their own families, including children and spouses, but when they passed away, their families chose to inter them together in a single mastaba tomb. Several paintings within the same tomb depict both men embracing and touching their faces in a nose-to-nose manner, leaving room for interpretation due to ancient Egyptian customs.