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Curse or no curse, Cairo s mummy parade goes smoothly Cairo s procession of royal mummies roused national pride among Egyptians, though observers warned that disturbing the dead may have unleashed the curse of the pharaohs.
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April 5, 2021
All was pomp and pageantry as 22 royal mummies 18 kings and four queens paraded through the streets of Cairo on the evening of April 3 to their final resting place at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, located where the ancient capital of El Fustat once stood in Old Cairo overlooking Ain El Seera Lake.
The remains of the pharaohs had been showcased in a gallery at the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo s Tahrir Square, transported there from the Valley of the Kings on the Nile s West Bank near Luxor more than a century ago.
As part of the multimillion-dollar event, the “Pharaohs’ Golden Parade,” the 18 kings and four queens were transported from the Egypt Museum in Tahrir Square along the River Nile to their new home at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, south of the capital.
The mummies, traveling in special vehicles resembling boats and ordered chronologically by each pharaoh’s reign, were placed in nitrogen-filled boxes fitted with shock absorbers. It was a 40-minute journey, and the road was freshly paved to minimize any bumps.
Once at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi oversaw a ceremony that included a live orchestra, singers and dancers. Prerecorded videos played on a giant screen.
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