Inauguration of the Mummies Hall .. 12 sarcophagi are displayed next to the ancient Egyptian kings in the Civilization Museum

egypt Wed, Apr. 21, 2021
The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization opened, a short while ago, the Hall of Royal Mummies, at exactly nine o'clock in the morning, where the audience sees a large group of ancient Egyptian kings and queens, after their transfer from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, in a majestic procession praised by the whole world, including 22 mummies of the kings of Egypt The ancients, in a way that emphasized the greatness and nobility of the ancient Egyptian civilization, and the audience will also see a group of coffins for kings, which will be displayed for the first time alongside a number of mummies, so how many coffins will be displayed?

Sayed Abul-Fadl, the supervisor of the central hall and the royal mummies hall in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, said that the number of mummies that will be displayed next to their companions from the kings are 12 coffins, as they are displayed for the first time since their discovery next to each other, and some of them were displayed in separate halls in the Museum Editing before, and a group of whom was first exposed.

The supervisor of the central hall and the hall of royal mummies in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization explained, in exclusive statements to "The Seventh Day," that the coffins of the kings that were displayed are "Sqnen Ra, Ahmose Nefertari, Amenhotep I, Thutmose I, Thutmose II, Thutmose III, Amenhotep II." , Thutmose IV, Thutmose I, Ramses II, Seti II, Ramses III. "

The supervisor of the central hall and the royal mummies hall of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, in exclusive statements to "The Seventh Day," explained that the royal mummies were displayed as if they were inside their tomb, where the visitor would feel that he was inside the cemetery of each king, and the museum displaying the mummies scenario was implemented in ways. Internationally recognized scientific, by experts from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

The supervisor of the Central Hall and the Royal Mummies Hall of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization added that each dressing room displays a mummy device for measuring temperature and humidity, and there is also periodic follow-up on each mummy to check on it and preserve it.