Learn about the moment of the royal mummies parade in Tahrir Square

Tomorrow, Saturday April 3, world attention will turn to Cairo to follow the events of the mummy transport procession, from the Egyptian Museum to the Museum of Civilization in Fustat.

Followers await the start of the majestic procession to transport 22 royal mummies through the streets of Cairo, where the procession includes a series of royal mummies dating from the ages of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties, including 18 mummies for kings and 4 mummies for queens, and among the kings “Ramses II Sqnen Ra, Thutmosis III, Seti the First, Hatshepsut, Merit Amon, Ahmose and his wife Nefertari”.

The procession is supposed to start at sunset on April 3, and the procession is supposed to take between 40 and 45 minutes, to get from the Egyptian Museum to the Museum of Civilization.

The sheep in the center of the square will be unveiled and illuminated with the obelisk and all the buildings and facades of the square, and shots will be fired at the beginning of the procession in homage to the great kings. With the participation of a group of famous artists.

The procession enjoys special media coverage, since advertising space has been purchased in Arab and European countries, and the presence of several international dignitaries has been confirmed, as well as 400 television channels have confirmed their transfer of the event, half of the which are international channels.

The second museum of civilization includes the oldest mummy of a young man dating back more than 35 thousand years that was discovered at Nazlat Khater in Sohag.

The mummies were fully insured by placing them in capsules and properly restoring them, and qualifying for presentation on April 18. Tourism and Antiquities Minister Dr. Khaled Al-Anani said: “The safety of the mummies is the first basis before any activity.

On the future of the Egyptian Museum after the transfer of mummies, the Ministry of Antiquities stated that all royal statues remain in the Egyptian Museum, in addition to 100,000 artifacts, while those who wish to see mummies go to the Museum of Civilization.

Various artists will participate in the ceremony, including Hend Sabry, along with artist Yousra, Mona Zaki, artist Ahmed Helmy, the families of Yassin and Hussein Fahmy.

The ticket prices for the National Museum of Civilization are divided after the ceremony of the transport procession of the royal mummies as follows: for an Egyptian citizen it will be 60 pounds, 30 pounds for a student, 200 pounds for a foreigner and £ 100 for a foreigner. student.

While the prices for the garages at the National Museum of Civilization are as follows: £ 30 for a luxury car, £ 40 for a roller coaster and £ 50 for a bus.

It should be noted that the transfer of mummies is part of a large project to develop methods to display antiquities and reorganize their distribution in museums as a result of the increase in their number in the Egyptian Museum, and this came through the official website of the Ministry of State Information.