When Egyptian Priestess Henutmehyt packed it in circa 1250 B.C., she packed a lunch. A lunchbox found in Ms. Henutmehyt’s tomb contains four whole ducks and joints of goat meat (before you ask: no Twinkies). There wasn’t Saran Wrap or Tupperware back then, so the goodies were mummified, just like the lady herself.
More:
“The Lunch Box of Priestess Henutmehyt, Her Eternal Workers, & Her Final Demise,” Diana Buja’s Blog
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NotionsCapital 
November 27, 2012 at 1:49 am
haha – very good and thank you for that lovely rendition of Princess Henutmehyt. carrying a lunch bucket! The photo that you used is actually of the goddess Isis, who was goddess of motherhood and also patroness of science and magic.
November 27, 2012 at 4:48 am
Reblogged this on DIANABUJA'S BLOG and commented:
Reblogging the re-blog of mine on ‘The Lunch Box of Priestess Henutmehyt, Her Eternal Workers and her Final Demise’ – It is so fitting to have provided her with a lunch-bucket, and a worker’s one at that, perhaps in order to better assist her eternal workers.
h/t to Mike Licht at NotionsCaptital.com