Final equipment for transporting royal mummies to the Museum of Civilization

mummies Mon, Sep. 7, 2020
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is preparing to transfer royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, to the place of their permanent display in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, through a procession that the whole world will talk about, as confirmed by Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, and during the next lines we review some details of the ceremony.

Q / How many mummies will be transported?
C / 22 royal mummies and 17 royal sarcophagi dating back to the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th families?

Q / What are the details of royal mummies?
A / They include 18 mummies of kings and 4 mummies of queens, including the mummy of King Ramses II and King Seknen Ra, King Tuthmosis III, King Seti the First, Queen Hatshepsut, Queen Mert Amon, wife of King Amenhotep the First, and Queen Ahmose Nefertari, wife of King Ahmose.

Q / Is the celebration characterized by the ancient Pharaonic manifestations?
A / It will include 22 cars in an ancient Egyptian style with horses, and war wheels similar to the old Egyptian war wheels were made, with musical pieces played, in addition to unifying the color of the buildings on the road by transporting mummies, so that the event will be out in front of the worker in a world class manner. , Befitting the history of the ancient Egyptian civilization.


Q / What is the route of the procession?
A / The passage will take place at Tahrir Square, where the obelisk will be located in the most famous squares of the world, then it will go towards the Nile and then to the Museum of Civilization.



Q / How is the event transmitted globally?
A / Global broadcasting from all channels of the world, from the exit of the mummies until they reach the Museum of Civilization, which has no parallel at all.

Q / Were the mummies removed from the exhibition hall in the Egyptian Museum of Tahrir?
A: Yes, all the mummies were removed from the place where they were displayed in the Tahrir Museum, and they were sterilized and packed, in preparation for transporting them to the National Museum of Civilization.