Lost artefact from Great Pyramid of Giza found in cigar box in Aberdeen

Wooden fragment from at least 3000BC discovered by chance by Egyptian university researcher

A lost artefact from the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of only three objects ever recovered from inside the last remaining wonder of the ancient world, has been found in a chance discovery at the University of Aberdeen.

Curatorial assistant Abeer Eladany, originally from Egypt, was reviewing items in the university's Asia collection when she came across a cigar box marked with her country's former flag.