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Egypt s Royal Mummies To Pass Through Streets Of Cairo In Pharaoh’s Golden Parade
Ancient mummies of Egypt s royal pharaohs are set to emerge from their resting places on April 3 and parade through the streets of Cairo.
Ancient mummies of Egypt s royal pharaohs are set to emerge from their resting places on April 3 and parade through the streets of Cairo, moving from the historic Museum of Egyptian Antiquities to their new home in the recently inaugurated National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. According to BBC, a grand parade, in what is called The Pharaoh’s Golden Parade, will convey 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies - 18 kings and four queens - in specifically designed capsules across the capital Cairo. The mummies will be relocated in chronological order of their reigns i.e., from 17th Dynasty ruler, Seqenenre Taa II, to Ramses IX, who reigned in the 12th Century BC.
10:10 • 03.04.21
A parade of ancient Egyptian mummies will travel through the streets of Cairo on Saturday, during a televised event featuring Egyptian celebrities escorting them to their new home, UPI reports. The Pharaoh s Golden Parade, organized by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, will include 22 mummies on their way from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
The event will move 18 kings, four queens and their belongings 3 miles to the new museum, which is set to open to the public later this year. The whole idea is not the mummies. The whole idea is how you display the mummies. . It s how you tell the story. It s the environment. It s the ambiance that you feel when you re getting it, Ahmed Ghoneim, executive director of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, told CNN.
Ancient mummies to parade through streets of Cairo
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3rd April, 2021 03:46:45
Ancient mummies of Egypt s royal pharaohs will emerge from their resting places this weekend and parade through the streets of Cairo in search of a new home.
What sounds like the plot of a movie is in fact 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.
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.
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