The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is preparing to transport the royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum of Liberation to the Museum of Civilization, in a world event and a large military procession befitting the ancient Egyptian kings, which number 22 mummies, so we contacted Sabah Abdel Razek, Director General of the Egyptian Museum of Liberation, and the question arises what What will happen in the mummies currently shown and when will they be removed from the show?
Sabah Abdel Razek, Director General of the Egyptian Museum, said that all mummies scheduled to be transferred from the museum are equipped with liberation to the Grand Museum, whether there are 17 mummies on display, and also in museum stores, which are 5 mummies.
Sabah Abdel-Razek added, in exclusive statements to "The Seventh Day", that the displayed mummies were completely sterilized to be ready when transported, provided that the presented mummies are removed from the show to be wrapped at least three days before the event.
The Director General of the Egyptian Museum pointed out that the preparation works are carried out through a committee composed of specialists from the Editorial Museum and the National Research Center of the Ministry of Antiquities, the Museum of Civilization, and the Grand Museum, to prepare mummies, where they perform maintenance and sterilization.
Sabah Abdel Razek added that a rehearsal of the transfer was done last month, and the car assigned to transport the mummies was brought in so that the route of the mummies was determined during their transport in the museum garden, and the cars designated for transport will be dedicated to transport the 22 mummies, so that they do not suffer any injuries.
The Director General of the Egyptian Museum explained to the editorial that following the sterilization process, registration and documentation of the state on which the mummy is located before packaging and transportation works, pointing out that the transport of the mummies will be in special boxes, to preserve them.
For his part, Dr. Zahi Hawas asserted, in previous statements for "The Seventh Day", that the event will be broadcast on all channels of the world, from the exit of the mummies until you reach the Museum of Civilization, which has no parallel at all.
Mummy transfer ceremony
Equipment for the transport of mummies is prepared. Therefore, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is an ancient Egyptian costume worn by individuals accompanying the procession. War wheels similar to the old Egyptian war wheels were manufactured, along with playing musical pieces, in addition to unifying the color of building paints located on the highway of transporting the mummies, so that The exit of the event in front of the worker in a world class fashion, befitting the history of ancient Egyptian civilization.
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is also working to transmit the event through a large group of local and international media, to send a message to the whole world, that Egypt is a great cultural history, and that the event is not limited to being only for transporting mummies, but it carries many goals, which are scenes The world is Egypt and its clean streets, and the new Tahrir Square was formed after the sculptures of rams, and the obelisk removed from Sun Stone.
The number of mummies and coffins to be transported is 22 royal mummies and 17 royal coffins, dating back to the era of captivity 17, 18, 19, and 20, including 18 mummies of kings and 4 mummies of queens, among them the mummy of King Ramses II, King Sakan Ra, and King Thutmose III, and King City The first, Queen Hatshepsut, and Queen Mert Amon, the wife of King Amenhotep the First, and Queen Ahmose Nefertari, wife of King Ahmose.
Royal mummies will be transferred to the National Museum of Civilization in a large march, in preparation for the opening of 3 halls that include the central exhibition hall that is scheduled to include a variety of artifacts, which are displayed inside the various museum halls, mummies hall, and the Capital Museum, which includes the latest types of multimedia and screens Interactive, and completion of them within 3 months.
Thu, Mar. 5, 2020
