Athens museum to show its priceless Egyptian collection for first time

Sounds like an excellent show of a delicious Egyptian breakfast:

“One piece that made it into the display is the round, brown loaf of bread, which is missing a bite-sized chunk.

Baked during the New Kingdom, between 1550-1075 BC, it was placed in a tomb for the occupant’s use in the afterlife. Museum officials are unsure what happened to the missing bit.”

“The exhibition includes intact birds’ eggs,” she said Tuesday. “If you shake them gently you can hear the yolks rattling inside.”

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