Ancient Egyptian mummy 22nd new museum relocation event
Prepared from 3 years ago to become a historical city tourism resource
TV spectacles and slums cut off with banners and flags
On the evening of the 3rd night of the’Pharaoh’s Golden Parade’, which moves 22 ancient Egyptian pharaohs (king) mummies to a new museum, the Ungu procession leaves Cairo’s Tahrir Square under the brilliant lighting. Cairo=AFP Yonhap News
On the 3rd (local time), a grand event was held in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, to move the mummies of ancient Egyptian pharaohs (kings) to a new museum. Although the idea is to revive the brilliant past, some criticize that the shabby reality hidden behind the spectacle will rise.
According to foreign media, an event named’Pharaoh’s Golden Parade’ was held for about two hours in downtown Cairo this evening. The purpose of the event was to move the mummy of the ancient Egyptian kingdom of pharaohs (18 people) and queens (4 people), which had been kept in the Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square for over 100 years, to a new civilization museum 8 km away.
The mummies were put in a nitrogen charging box to prevent damage, and then moved for about 30 minutes in a vehicle equipped with a special shock absorbing device. The scene of 22 ancient pharaohs mummies passing through the city of Cairo in a car decorated in gold all at once, escorted by the honor guard, was broadcast live through the Egyptian state broadcaster.
The procession was arranged in chronological order with Sekenenre Tao II, a 16th-century pharaoh, and Ramses IX, a 12th-century BC, at the end. They included Ramses II, who reigned for 67 years and led the heyday of the Egyptian kingdom, and the mummy of Hatshepsut, the first Egyptian female pharaoh. When the mummies arrived at the new residence, they were struck by 21 guns and entered the museum. The mummies transferred this time will undergo additional preservation and are permanently displayed in a large exhibition room.
Egypt has been working hard for this event for nearly three years. It was the site of a partial opening of the Civilization Museum in 2017 in accordance with the idea of making Cairo a historic city and turning it into a tourist resource. Audrey Azule, Secretary-General of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), who visited Cairo to observe the event, told AFP, “It evokes emotions beyond simply relocating the mummies.” He evaluated that his efforts for the past had paid off.
However, unfortunately, with the event ahead, major accidents followed. On the 23rd of last month, a super-sized container ship aground and the Suez Canal, a key passageway for global logistics, was blocked.On the 26th of the same month, two trains collided in the central Sohag area, killing 32 people, and the next day, the 10th floor in Cairo. The old building collapsed, killing 18 people. As a result, the superstition of’the curse of the pharaoh’ came up and down. It was said that it caused death by interfering with the king’s rest.
These accidents are also human resources rather than curses, but it is pointed out that what Egypt needs is not the city’s predicament, but the inner room. The Daily New York Times of the United States said, “What the TV Spectacle reminds us is an incongruent break between Egypt’s glorious past and the uncertain present.” I isolated each one from the spectacle.” Urban planner Ahmed Zaza told the newspaper that “the government tends to try to show a better picture than to reform the existing reality.”
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