* 22 Kings and Queens that lived around 3,000 years ago were transported in 22 Golden trucks and Chariots to a new resting place.


Egypt held a spectacular parade to transport 22 mummies of its most famous pharaohs from central Cairo to their new resting place at the National Museum of Egyypt Civilization opened in 2017.


The ceremony snaked along the Nile corniche from the Egyptian Museum overlooking Tahrir Square to the newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, Cairo, where Egypt's first Islamic capital was located.

The mummies, 18 pharaohs and four other royals were transported in climate-controlled cases loaded onto Golden trucks decorated with wings and pharaonic design for the hour-long journey from their previous home in the older, Egyptian Museum.

They were originally buried around 3,000 years ago in secret tombs in the Valley of Kings and the nearby Deir el-Bahri site. Both areas are near the southern city of Luxor. The tombs were first excavated in the 19th century.


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Vehicles are seen during the parade as the Royal mummies are transferred from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, Cairo

The carriage carrying the mummy of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, daughter of Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao II, advances as part of the parade of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies departing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square on April 3.

slowice:
Egypt is beautiful.... It doesn't look like an African country, they also value tourism.

starbuck:
A country where everything works
The living and the dead are valued
Culture and Tourism is respected...



Kai, I still don't know the heinous crime i did in my past life for God to punish me by sending me back to this hell

DAramis:
Not cool. Valley of the Kings is more suitable for them since it shows royalty rather than moving them to a museum as if they are object of entertainment for the growing masses.

How would the president feel, if his father and grandparents are excavated from where they are buried and displayed in the museum? Anyway, Explorer boss, try and do little writeup on this two great women:

Cleopatra (the last emperor of Egypt)

Queen Nefetiti (the unknown most beautiful Queen ever to come out of Egypt).