Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), announced today that the French mission working at Saqqara has found the burial chamber of Queen Behenu. As of yet, it is unclear if this queen was the wife of Pepi I or Pepi II, who ruled during the 6th Dynasty. The burial chamber was revealed while the team was cleaning the sand from Behenu's pyramid in the area of el-Shawaf in South Saqqara, west of the pyramid of King Pepi I.

Hawass added that the burial chamber is badly destroyed with the exception of two inner walls on which were found engraved Pyramid Texts. Pyramid Texts were widely in use in royal tombs during the 5th and 6th Dynasties (circa. 2465-2150 BC). They were first discovered inside the burial chamber of King Unas's pyramid at Saqqara, the last king of Dynasty 5.

Dr. Philippe Collombert, head of the mission, said that further excavation inside the burial chamber led the team to the queen's sarcophagus. He stated that: "It is a well-preserved granite sarcophagus engraved with the queen's different titles, but says nothing about the identity of her husband".