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Officials organized the lavish, made-for-TV event in hopes of revitalizing the country's tourism industry

A convoy of vehicles transporting royal mummies is seen in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, 3 April 2021 AP Photo Twenty-two royal Egyptian mummies—18 kings and four queens—were transported across Cairo over the weekend as part of a lavish parade which was broadcast live on state television. The mummies, along with 17 sarcophagi (stone coffins), left the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square to be rehoused in the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC), which has been under construction in the al-Fustat district south of Cairo since 2004. The new exhibits will be...

Ancient mummies to parade through streets of Cairo CNN 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 orga...