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Ancient Egyptian breadcrumb found in museum store

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The microscopic morsel was unearthed during a volunteer project at Leeds Discovery Centre .

It is being recorded in a national database so it can be viewed and accessed by experts.

The bread was originally found in Thebes and preserved by an unknown Victorian microscopist.

It has since been stored in a collection of hundreds of previously uncatalogued slides.