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April 3, 2021 at 2:22 pm | Published in: Africa, Egypt, News
A small funerary statues carved in wood, clay and limestone recovered at the site of a newly-uncovered ancient tomb in Luxor, Egypt on 9 September 2017 [AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI/Getty] April 3, 2021 at 2:22 pm
Egypt is gearing up to hold a historic procession for the remains of 22 royal mummies through the streets of Cairo today,
Anadolu Agency reports.
The ancient mummies 18 kings and 4 queens will be transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo s Tahrir Square to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
In preparation for the procession, dubbed the Pharaohs Golden Parade , a special wagon was manufactured for each of the mummies, bearing a unified logo, the mummy s name, and surname in Arabic, English, and hieroglyphs.
22 Mummies Are Moved in a Glittering Display in Cairo
But the made-for-TV spectacle also underlined the jarring divide between Egypt’s celebrated past and its uncertain present.
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22 Mummies Create Spectacle Moving Through Downtown Cairo
Riding on top of custom-made vehicles, the mummies were moved in a procession on Saturday from a museum where they had been kept for more than a century to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo.
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Riding on top of custom-made vehicles, the mummies were moved in a procession on Saturday from a museum where they had been kept for more than a century to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo.CreditCredit.Reuters TV