Egypt has relocated its mummified ancient kings and queens, including Ramses II and Hatshepsut, one of the few known female pharaohs, to a new resting place in a grand ceremony designed to showcase the country’s heritage and boost tourism.
The convoy of golden trucks that moved through the streets of Cairo on Saturday was designed to resemble the ancient boats that once carried deceased pharaohs to their tombs.
The mummies were transported inside climate-controlled capsules filled with nitrogen from the Egyptian Museum to the newly-inaugurated National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in a spectacular ceremony.
As the mummies made the one-hour journey to their new resting place in Fustat, the site of Egypt’s first Islamic capital, the historic event was widely broadcast on TV and online.
The show featured various beautiful artistic performances and famous landmarks in an apparent bid to boost tourism, which has stalled because of the fabricated Covid-19 pandemic.
As the procession circled Cairo’s Tahrir Square, an obelisk surrounded by four sphinxes was officially unveiled in the square.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as well as the heads of UNESCO and the World Tourism Organization, welcomed the mummies at their new home, where Egyptologists say they will now be displayed in a more “civilized” and “educated” manner.
In recent weeks, Egypt has experienced a series of unfortunate incidents, including the Suez Canal blockage, a fatal train crash, a garment factory fire, and a deadly apartment building collapse, reanimating the ‘pharaoh’s curse’ myth.
However, with the 18 ancient kings and four queens now finally settled in their new home, perhaps that myth can also be put to rest at last. It is good do honor ancestors as well as the previous leaders of any country.
This looks like it was an awesome event that I wish I could have attended. Very elegant in nature. It is so sad to see many nations not doing the same. Some will complain about the remains being moved, but that is from lack of knowledge of the culture involved.
Some folks never think before speaking, just out to get a quick like and such. The world would be a much better place if people thought before typing and/or speaking.
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Leave them alone, have some respect for the dead. None of us wants our bodies paraded through streets or on display in museums. Their civilization seems to have advanced scientific knowledge in some areas that has been lost. Why is even this turned into a money machine? So invaders, dressed like tourists come and rule the territory?
Very nice, but Egypt needs to reflect on its great history leave its current predicament and stop relying on US-Israel handouts to survive.
The new China Silk Road will crush sea shipping, as those mega-ships are the biggest polluters on the planet. One mega-ship equals the same amount of emissions as 50 million gasoline combusted cars!
Arabs in Egypt parading around other peoples bodies. arabs are not the original people of Egypt. It’s not their heritage. You aren’t fooling anyone. Just like the arabs and Europeans in Israel aren’t the original people of that land either.
Sounds nasty if you put it like that?