Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the sarcophagus of the mysterious Queen Behenu inside her pyramid's 4,000-year-old burial chamber. The team that discovered the tomb have little information on Behenu's identity, including which Pharaoh she was married to, because her tomb was scoured by tomb raiders and stonecutters throughout the centuries.
The tomb was uncovered by a French team led by Philippe Collombert who has been excavating the site for three years, in cooperation with Egyptian archaeologists. Behenu's pyramid was discovered in 2007 along with seven other pyramids of ancient queens at the well-known necropolis of Saqqara, south of Cairo, that served the nearby city of Memphis.
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