Egyptology News: The Pharaohs' Parade

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Splendour and Ceremony. On April 3rd, 2021, Egypt hosted a magnificent celebration. Royal mummies, including Kings and Queens, departed their old home and made for a new one. In future, these rulers will reside in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Moving the royal mummies was a complex, grandiose event. I report on the parade, and the historical background of these famous mummies… Recordings of the parade on YouTube Musical performance by Amira Salim and Ahmed Mounib Cairo residents cheer the parade, by Rania Atef on Twitter Details of the performance by Heba Abd el Gawad on Twitter Photos at Ahram. Further details, links, images, and references at The History of Egypt Podcast website. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Select Bibliography: The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities YouTube stream (Arabic). Experience Egypt YouTube stream (Arabic and English). Reuters YouTube stream (Arabic and English). Performance by Amira Selim with “violin” music by Ahmed Mounib. Twitter thread by Heba abd el Gawad. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Facebook. Maspero, “Les Momies Royales de Déir el-Bahari,” Mémoires publiés par les membres de la mission archéologique française du Caire, vol. 1 (1889): 511–790. Available online. Reeves and R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings (London, 1996). Romer, Valley of the Kings (London, 1981). Thompson, Wonderful Things, A History of Egyptology, II: The Golden Age: 1881–1914 (Cairo, 2015). Wilson, “Finding Pharaoh,” The Century: Illustrated Monthly Magazine 34 (May 1887): 3–10. Winlock, “The Tomb of Queen Meryetamun: I The Discovery.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin33, no. 2 (1975): 77–89. Web Archive: Theban Tomb 320 (TT320) also known as Deir el-Bahari 320 (DB320) “The Cachette of the Royal Mummies” Available online. KV35 (Amunhotep II tomb) at pl. Video: Cairo residents cheer the parade on Twitter. Video: A trip to the Royal Cache (TT320 / DB320) on YouTube. Mummies: The mummies found in TT320 / DB320 at Wikimedia and The Theban Royal Mummy Project. The mummies found in KV35 (Amunhotep II) at Wikimedia and SLU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.0	On April 3, 2021, Egypt hosted a once in a lifetime event,
0:57.4	a grand parade through central Cairo, which transported the bodies of royal mummies
1:02.7	in glittering style.
1:04.8	22 bodies of kings and queens left their old home at the Egyptian Museum in Tariah Square.
1:12.1	The mummies had been in this museum for more than 100 years.
1:16.1	But the old museum is small, cramped, and the facilities could not support the needs
1:22.4	of such important attractions.
1:24.8	As more tourists come to Egypt every year, the old museum can no longer meet demands.
1:31.2	So Egypt is undertaking a grand project to reorganize and renew its museum sector.
1:38.7	In this case, the mummies were leaving the old museum for Eastern Cairo.
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