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| On the 3rd (local time), 22 ancient Egyptian pharaoh mummies are being transported to their new home. © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Won Tae-sung |
Thousands of people in Egypt watched the epic historic procession moving the pharaohs to their new homes over the weekend.
In Cairo, the capital of Egypt, an event was held on the 3rd (local time) to move 22 mummies, including 18 kings and 4 queens, to the National Museum of Civilization, called the’Golden Parade’, which opens on the 18th, the BBC reported.
Some cited the pharaoh’s curse and insisted that the’Pharaoh Golden Parade’ should be canceled, but the government ignored it and succeeded in moving the mummies.
On this day, the mummies were moved along with the fanfare in a parade from Sekenenre Ta II, ruler of the 17th dynasty, to Ramses 11, who ruled in the 12th century BC.
Among the 22 mummies were Ramses II, who reigned for 67 years and enjoyed supreme power, and Hatshepsut, the first queen of Egypt.
They were moved to a new museum three miles (about 5 km) away from the peach-colored Luxor Museum they had previously lived in.
As the quarantine guidelines were eased due to the decrease in the number of confirmed and deaths for the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Egypt, many people watched the mummies being transported.
Egyptian authorities said that the reason for moving the mummies to a new residence is to attract more tourists.
Over the past decade, the number of tourists visiting Egypt has steadily declined, and recently, the number of tourists has sharply declined due to the corona 19 pandemic.
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| The 3rd Pharaoh Parade © AFP=News1 © News1 Reporter Won Tae-sung |
The Egyptian authorities plan to publicize a new museum that will open this month to people around the world by releasing a video of the historical procession of pharaohs that took place on the day.