{{Short description|Egyptian queen consort}} {{Infobox monarch | name = Behenu | succession = Queen consort of Egypt | reign = c. 2280 BC | regent = | reg-type = King | burial_place = Egypt | consort = yes | spouse = }} '''Behenu''' ({{fl.|{{circa}} 2280 BC}}) 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.<ref name="Hawass">{{cite web| last= Hawass| first= Zahi| title= Press Release - Burial Chamber of Queen Behenu Discovered| url= http://www.drhawass.com/blog/press-release-burial-chamber-queen-behenu-discovered| accessdate= March 8, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100328053545/http://www.drhawass.com/blog/press-release-burial-chamber-queen-behenu-discovered| archivedate= 28 March 2010| url-status= dead}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Discovery.com">{{cite web | last = Rossella | first = Lorenzi | title = Discovery.com: Ancient Egyptian Queen's Burial Chamber Discovered | url = http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptian-queens-burial-chamber-discovered.html | accessdate = March 8, 2010 | archive-date = March 21, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110321083653/http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptian-queens-burial-chamber-discovered.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The complex was discovered in the vicinity of the pyramid of the Pepi II,<ref name="almasryalyoum.com">{{cite web | last = Bossone | first = Andrew | title = Al-Masry Al-Youm: Ancient queen's pyramid discovered in Saqqara | url= http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/ancient-queens-pyramid-discovered-saqqara | accessdate = March 8, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100308113416/http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/ancient-queens-pyramid-discovered-saqqara| archivedate= 8 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> and it is thought that she was most likely<ref name="Al-Ahram Weekly">{{cite web | last = El-Aref | first = Nevine | title = Al-Ahram Weekly: Momentous new finds | url = http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/988/eg7.htm | accessdate = March 8, 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100409015601/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2010/988/eg7.htm | archivedate = 9 April 2010 | url-status = dead }}</ref> the wife of this king, but no inscription has been uncovered that would positively link her to him.<ref name="almasryalyoum.com"/>
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 king.<ref name="Star">{{cite news | title = Ancient Egyptian queen's burial chamber unearthed | url= https://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/774360--ancient-egyptian-queen-s-burial-chamber-unearthed | accessdate = March 8, 2010 | work=The Star | location=Toronto | date=March 3, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100307211716/http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/774360--ancient-egyptian-queen-s-burial-chamber-unearthed| archivedate= 7 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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Category:24th-century BC women Category:23rd-century BC women Category:22nd-century BC women Category:Queens consort of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
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