Behenu

Behenu was an ancient Egyptian queen of the Sixth Dynasty. She is thought to have been the wife of either Pepi I or of Pepi II.^[1]

The remnants of her pyramid were first discovered in 2007, and news of the discovery of her burial chamber was made public in March 2010.^[2] The complex was discovered in the vicinity of the pyramid of the Pepi II,^[3] and it is thought that she was "most probably"^[4] the wife of this pharaoh, but no inscription has been uncovered that would positively link her to him.^[3]

A set of Pyramid Texts was uncovered along with the burial chamber. This is only the second known instance of these ancient religious texts being used in association with a queen instead of the pharaoh.^[5]

References

1. Hawass, Zahi. "Press Release - Burial Chamber of Queen Behenu Discovered". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
2. Rossella, Lorenzi. "Discovery.com: Ancient Egyptian Queen's Burial Chamber Discovered". Retrieved March 8, 2010.
3. Bossone, Andrew. "Al-Masry Al-Youm: Ancient queen's pyramid discovered in Saqqara". Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
4. El-Aref, Nevine. "Al-Ahram Weekly: Momentous new finds". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
5. "Ancient Egyptian queen's burial chamber unearthed". The Star. Toronto. March 3, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2010.