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The first carriages, decorated with golden and luminous motifs reminiscent of ancient funerary vessels, left at 8:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. in Lisbon) from Tahrir Square and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, where the mummies had been during more than a century.
The square was closed to the circulation of cars and people, as well as the entire seven-kilometer journey to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, where the mummies will be on display to the public from April 18, despite the opening of the museum on Sunday.
Under cannon fire, the carriages arrived at the museum after half an hour and were greeted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who, at the beginning of the night, went through some collections, accompanied by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli. and by the Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay.
Pharaoh Sekenenré Taá (16th century BC), nicknamed “The Brave One”, inaugurated the parade through the streets of Cairo and ended Ramses IX (XII century BC).
Discovered near the city of Luxor, starting in 1881, most of the 22 mummies have not left Tahrir Square, where the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is located, since the beginning of the 20th century.
Since the 1950s, mummies have been exhibited in a small room without any museum setting.
In the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization they will be next to their sarcophagi, in a setting that evokes the underground tombs of the kings, and with biographical information and some objects.
In a few months, another museum, the Great Egyptian Museum, will open near the pyramids of Giza.
Also read: Golden Parade. 22 mummies transported in historical parade in Egypt
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