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3.06.2010

Egyptian Queen Offered Bread, Jug of Beer at Funeral

By Rossella Lorenzi

One loaf of bread and one jug of beer: that's what Egypt's Queen Behenu was offered during her funeral, according to a translation of hieroglyphics engraved on white stone found in her 4,000-year-old burial chamber this week.

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