On Saturday, all eyes will turn to downtown Cairo to watch 22 mummies make their way from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat in what many are calling the “Pharaohs’ Golden Parade”. The mummies will exit from the main door of the Egyptian Museum, then they will be carried in boxes on carts designed in the Pharaonic style. Next to the carts and in front of the procession there will be individuals wearing Pharaonic costumes and people on horseback. After that, Tahrir Square, the obelisk, and the surrounding buildings will be lit. Once they make it to the museum, the mummies will be displayed inside a designated hall called “Mummies Hall.”To preserve the mummies, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities restored weak spots in each mummy, placed them inside a nitrogen capsule and padded the area around them.

Source: Egypt Independent April 02, 2021 12:51 UTC