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By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Apr 5, 2021 Photo by AP Photo Nearly two dozen of Egypt’s prized royal mummies left the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square on Saturday, April 3. In a show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt held a massive parade to move 22 royal mummies to the newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo. share this article Egypt held a gala parade on Saturday, April 3, celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from central Cairo to their new resting place in a massive new museum further south in the capital. The ceremony, designed to showcase the country’s rich heritage, snaked along the Nile corniche from the Egyptian Museum overlooking Tahrir Square to the newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in the Fustat neighborhood, where Egypt’s first Islamic capital was located. (Not to be confused with the Grand Egyptian Museum slated to open later in 2021, near the Giza pyramids.)

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