Egypt moves 22 Pharaonic mummies to new museum
Sun, Apr 04 2021 09:59:53 AM
Cairo, Apr 4 (IANS): Authorities have moved 22 Pharaonic mummies from the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in a festive parade known as The Pharaoh s Golden Parade .
The festivity started on Saturday evening with 22 ancient-styled vehicles especially designed for the event, each carrying the name of the mummy of the king or queen inside, moving from Tahrir Square and escorted by parades of chariots, motorcycles and men and women dressed in ancient Egyptian outfits, reports Xinhua news agency.
The royal mummies belong to 18 kings and four queens from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties that ruled ancient Egypt over 3,000 years ago.
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The pontiff s message was of forgiveness, hope and perseverance as he toured northern Iraq
Pope Francis gestures as he boards a plane to depart for Rome, at Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad. Reuters
Cardinals and ranking Catholic clergymen board the Alitalia Airbus A330 aircraft as Pope Francis bids farewell to other bishops and Iraq s President Barham Saleh and his wife Sarbagh before departing from the Iraqi capital s Baghdad International. AFP
Iraq s President Barham Saleh and his wife Sarbagh escort Pope Francis during the farewell ceremony for the pontiff at the Iraqi capital s Baghdad International Airport. AFP
Pope Francis meets Abdullah Kurdi, father of little Alan, who was shipwrecked with his brother and mother on the Turkish coast in September 2015 while he was trying to reach Europe with his family, at the end of a Mass in the Erbil Stadium. EPA
Unesco using bogus figures to inflate the cost of stolen art to $10bn, say dealers
After drugs and arms, art makes up the world’s third largest black market
27 December 2020 • 9:30pm
Unesco was forced to pull images from an advertising campaign, after they were accused of making it appear that the items were stolen, when in fact they are legitimately held by the Metropolitan museum.
The figures are shocking - the trade in illegal art is worth $10billion and after drugs and arms it makes up the world’s third largest black market.
But the problem with claims by Unesco, art dealers say, is that they are simply not true.