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. Egyptian mummies transported in lavish parade 02:06Ĭairo - Egypt put on a parade for its royalty on Saturday.

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