The entire parade was livestreamed by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The artifacts had been installed and waiting for their debut for several months now. The event also included the unveiling of an obelisk and the unboxing of four sphinxes in the center of Cairo's famous Tahrir Square. One talk show host went so far as to ask residents along the parade route hide junk on the roofs of their buildings, just for a day, for the sake of Egypt's public image, knowing their would be aerial footage of the royal procession. Watch the magnificent once in a lifetime parade live on youtube: #ThePharaohsGoldenParade /tVdma2cn9f- ExperienceEgypt March 30, 2021 Watch exclusive content of the mummies and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. The countdown starts now! Only 3 days left until the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade. Thanks to COVID-19, the United Nations has described 2020 as the worst year in global tourism history. The once-thriving tourism industry is one of Egypt's primary sources of income, but it has suffered badly since the arrival of an uninvited guest last year. This time around, the royal mummies will be welcomed to their new home in the capital by their contemporary counterpart - or the closest figure in present day Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.īut why move 22 royal mummies anyway, and what's the parade all about? Why the move? They first went on public display in 1958. They were first taken to the Bulaq Museum, but later moved to the Egyptian Museum in 1902. Egyptologist Dr.v Zahi Hawass poses during an event announcing the discovery by the archaeological mission he leads of a new trove of treasures at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, January 17, 2021.īut, as Hawass explained, they found a solution: The mummies were labeled "salted fish," and welcomed to Cairo. But when the long-dead kings and queens arrived in their country's new capital, they were denied entry.Ĭairo's customs inspectors of the late 19th century found that the word "mummy" did not appear within any category of goods permitted for entry. ![]() The mummies were loaded onto boats and transferred down the Nile from the dig site to Cairo. The "Pharaohs' Golden Parade" moved along the River Nile to Egypt's first Islamic capital, Al-Fustat, in old Cairo, until it reached the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC).Īncient Egyptians had a very sophisticated set of religious beliefs, including a detailed explanation for what comes after someone's Earthly life, but they likely never saw this coming. A carriage carrying the mummy of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose I rolls out of the Egyptian Museum near Cairo's Tahrir Square during the "Pharaohs' Golden Parade", a procession held to transport the mummified bodies of 22 ancient Egyptian kings and queens from the Egyptian Museum to their new resting place at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, located on the shore of Ayn as Sirah Lake. ![]() As the sun set, the ancient monarchs departed the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in a grandiose parade, each of them on their own decorated vehicle surrounded by a festival-like motorcade, complete with music, lights, costumes and horses. On Saturday, 22 royal mummies were paraded through the streets of downtown Cairo. But the guests of honor in this procession had all been dead for more than 3,000 years. Cairo - Egypt put on a parade for its royalty on Saturday.
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