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A convoy of vehicles transporting royal mummies is seen in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, 3 April 2021 AP Photo Twenty-two royal Egyptian mummies 18 kings and four queens were transported across Cairo over the weekend as part of a lavish parade which was broadcast live on state television. The mummies, along with 17 sarcophagi (stone coffins), left the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square to be rehoused in the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC), which has been under construction in the al-Fustat district south of Cairo since 2004. The new exhibits will be installed in the Royal Hall of Mummies scheduled to open 18 April. The ancient rulers were taken on a five-kilometre route across the capital in chronological order of reign, from the 17th Dynasty ruler, Seqenenre Taa II, to Ramses IX, who reigned in the 12th century BC. Roads along the route were repaved to ensure a smooth journey with minimum disruption.

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