The Cairo spectacle will see the remains of 18 kings and four queens taken to a new resting place.
The parade will see the remains of 18 kings and four queens transported to a final resting place
They will be transported with great fanfare in chronological order of their reigns - from the 17th Dynasty ruler, Seqenenre Taa II, to Ramses IX, who reigned in the 12th Century BC.The mummies are being transported to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Cairo "The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has done its best to make sure that the mummies have been stabilised, conserved, and are packed in a climate-controlled environment," said Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo.
They were housed in the iconic Egyptian Museum and visited by tourists from around the world for the past century.Egypt's authorities are hoping that the new museum, which opens fully this month, will help revitalise tourism - a prime source of foreign currency for the country.
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