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Royal Mummies To parade Across Cairo

Royal Mummies To parade Across Cairo
 
Twenty-two royal Egyptian mummies are set to be transferred to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) in a much-awaited parade in the streets of Cairo on 3 April, the tourism and antiquities ministry announced.

The ministry said that the 22 mummies will be transferred in a parade from Downtown Cairo’s Egyptian Museum to NMEC in Fustat.

The royal mummies, along with 17 royal sarcophagi from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties, will be transported to the museum, including 18 mummies of kings and four of queens.

The mummies include those of kings Ramses II, Seti I, Seqnenre, and Tuthmoses III, as well as queens Hatshepsut, Meritamun, the wife of King Amenhotep I, and Ahmose Nefertari, the wife of King Ahmose.

The new procession will see the royal mummies transported on the Nile and then accompanied by chariots and horses.

The process of transferring the royal mummies will take place in a form of a royal parade. Vintage cars and horses will be employed.

The royal mummies will be transferred to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in a large march, in preparation for the opening of three halls that include the central exhibition hall and the mummies hall.

This event will attract international and regional media agencies as it reflects Egypt’s notions of artifacts appreciation and heritage preservation.

It is worth noting that the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization is one of the most important projects carried out in cooperation with UNESCO and is one of the largest museums of civilization in Egypt and the Middle East.