By Samy Magdy, Associated Press
Apr 5, 2021
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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.)
Royal Mummies Paraded Through Downtown Cairo In Museum Move
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Over the weekend, ancient mummies of Egypt’s royal pharaohs emerged from their resting places and paraded through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home. This was part of a lavish celebration of Egypt’s history and a project to relocate some of its greatest treasures to a new high tech facility called the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). On Saturday, the mummies of Ramses the Great and 21 of his fellow pharaohs will take part in what is being billed as “The Pharaoh’s Golden Parade,” a highly anticipated event organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. It’s reported that the celebrations included horse-drawn chariots, choirs singing in ancient languages and a plethora of movie stars and dignitaries, but Egyptian authorities have kept official details of the event under l
Cairo Literally Paraded Ancient Royal Mummies Through Town to Mark the Opening of a Long-Awaited Egyptian Civilization Museum
The mummies were transported in oxygen-free nitrogen capsules.
April 5, 2021
A performer rides a two-horse chariot at the start of the parade of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies departing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo s Tahrir Square on April 3, 2021, on their way to their new resting place at the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in the Pharaohs Golden Parade. Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/AFP via Getty Images.
Cairo celebrated the long-awaited opening of its National Museum of Egyptian Civilization with a procession of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies, transporting them across the city to their new home, where they will go on view later this month.
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities
The Egyptian minister met with Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis in Cairo and discussed the industry’s restart and explored ways of future cooperation, with a focus on the cruise sector.
“Our discussion was very productive and it allows us to cooperate in the opening of tourism and I am very pleased as the Minister Khalid El Anani praised the restart plan for Greek tourism, which has common areas with the resumption of tourism in Egypt,” Theoharis said.
The Greek tourism minister was in Cairo over the weekend to attend the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade following an official invitation by the Egyptian government. The event celebrated the transport of 22 of Egypt’s royal mummies from central Cairo to their new resting place in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in the Fustat neighbourhood.
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