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Nearly two dozen mummified pharaonic kings and queens will travel from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum to a new home across the city on Saturday, in a made-for-television parade featuring carriages, motorcycle riders, horses and local film stars.
The earthly remains of some of ancient Egypt’s best-known rulers, including Queen Hatshepsut, kings Ramses II and III, King Seti I and kings Thutmose III and IV, will travel through the Egyptian capital in an hour-long extravaganza.
Billed as a once-in-a-lifetime event, the televised procession is intended to remind the world of Egypt’s historical treasures at a time when the country’s vital tourism industry is being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic for a second consecutive year.