Mummies vehicle driver talking with army personnel while waiting for the show to begin on April 3, 2021, Cairo, Egypt.
On 3 April 2021, Egypt’s Cairo had its long awaited opening of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. This after plans to establish the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization began in 2002. Almost 20 years later the project has come to fruition. To mark the event, the city hosted a parade with a procession of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies.
On Facebook, Intisar al-Sissi, the first lady of Egypt, explained how the parade would celebrate “the greatness of the ancient civilization that provided humanity, and still does, with a unique and diverse legacy, contributing to its progress and prosperity.”
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A procession of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies passed through downtown Cairo on Saturday on their way to a new museum three miles away as part of a lavish ceremony to celebrate Egypt s history.
The procession of 18 kings and four queens, called the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade, left the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square around 8 p.m. and went to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, the Washington Post reports. Each of the mummies rode on gold-and-blue vehicles resembling boats, with each vehicle bearing the name of the mummy it carried.
The entire event sought to recreate the trappings of ancient Egypt, with horse-drawn chariots performers dressed like ancient Egyptians. The procession circled around Tahrir Square, the center of the 2011 Egyptian revolution.