Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, said that the preparation for the huge parade of royal mummies that the world will witness, where 22 mummies will be transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the place of their permanent display in the Grand Egyptian Museum, which has been going on for more than a year, for preparations and preparations for the procession that will cross On the greatness of the ancient Egyptian civilization in Egypt's reception of its kings.
Dr. Khaled Al-Anani added that the greatest kings of the ancient world will be transferred, and the smallest details have been taken into account, as it will be a huge tourist event, where the mummies will come out at night, to illuminate the Tahrir Square, the obelisk and the buildings, and then walk along the Nile River, until the procession reaches the National Museum, where the development was developed Lake Ain Al-Sira to become a tourist attraction, and this came during his meeting with France 24 TV, adding that the launch of the event will be ready this week, and we are waiting for the appropriate time that corresponds to the repercussions of the Corona crisis, because we expect that the Egyptians will take to the streets to watch this exceptional event that has not been It happens before, and will not be repeated after that.
The number of royal mummies that will be displayed in a permanent display in the Museum of Egyptian Civilization inside a hall dedicated to them, amounting to 22 mummies, were displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir inside the Royal Mummies Hall during the past years 17 mummies, but there are 5 mummies that were present in the museum's stores, and the public will see them for the first time Once.
And 22 royal mummies are transferred, including 18 mummies to kings, and 4 mummies to queens, they are King Ramses II, Ramses III, Ramses IV, Ramses V, Ramses VI, Ramses IX, Thutmose II, Thutmose I, Thutmose III, Thutmose IV, Seqnen Ra, Hatshepsut Amenhotep the First, Amenhotep the Second, Amenhotep the Third, Ahmose Nefertari, Merit Amun, Siptah, Merenptah, Queen T, City I, City II.
The mummies accompany 17 royal coffins dating back to the era of the families "17, 18, 19, 20". The royal procession of mummies moves from Tahrir Square, where the obelisk is located in the most famous squares of the world, heading to the Nile Corniche, where we see the unification of the color of the paints and destinations of the buildings located on the road by transferring Mummies, so that the event comes out in front of the world in a world-class elegance, befitting the history of the ancient Egyptian civilization, so that the mummies reach the place of their permanent display in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
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Tue, Dec. 8, 2020
