Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El Sisi received Saturday two dozen of royal mummies at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Egypt’s first Islamic capital, al-Fustat, southern Cairo upon their arrival in a historic Golden Parade from the Egyptian Museum at the center of the Egyptian capital.
A few hours before the arrival of the mummified royals to the new museum, President Sisi said “I look forward to receiving Egypt’s kings and queens with all pride.
“This awe-filled scene is a new testament to the greatness of the Egyptian people who guards this civilization which is deeply-rooted in history,” the president wrote on Facebook.
The presidential welcome and the road trip of the ancient sovereigns also received huge local and international media attention, thanks to the unprecedented scale of the event.
The 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies (18 kings and four queens) were carried to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, a $130 million investment whose construction started in 2000, on top of colorful carriages that were manufactured for the purpose of 40-minute royal parade to the new museum.
The name of each royal was written on the carriage carrying it and they got out of the Egyptian Museum in order and style from the older to the younger.
This was the largest number of mummified remains of ancient Egyptian royals to be transported from one place to another inside Egypt.
A large number of high-profile foreign officials arrived in the Egyptian capital in the past few days to be part of this great cultural event. They included Greek Minister of Tourism Haris Theoharis, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organisation Zurab Pololikashvili, and UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.
Source: The Egyptian Gazette
