Egypt held a five-mile march of 22 ancient mummies in Cairo as they moved from a museum they had been to for more than a century to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization on Saturday night.
For the record: Organizers “deliberately” hid from working-class neighborhoods during the national television event celebrating Egypt’s past, locals told the New York Times. Urban planner Ahmed Zaazaa told the NYT: “The government says they are doing reforms, but the vast majority of people in Cairo living in neighborhoods have been excluded.”
The carriage with the mummy of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, daughter of Pharaoh Seqenenre Tao II, during the parade. In all, the mummies of 18 kings and four queens were carried during the journey. Photo: Khaled Desouki / AFP via Getty ImagesAn executive artist dressed in costumes designed to resemble ancient Egyptian clothing during the Pharaoh’s Golden Parade. Photo: Mahmoud Khaled / AFP via Getty ImagesA marching band during the mummy parade departing from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in Cairo. The Washington Dictator led the dictator Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, who some call “a new pharaoh”. Photo: Khaled Desouki / AFP via Getty ImagesThe wagons with the mummies drive along the roundabout of Tahrir Square. Photo: Mahmoud Khaled / AFP via Getty ImagesExporters dressed like ancient Egyptians near the Obelisk of Ramses II and the recently unveiled and restored four ancient sandstone sphinxes, taken from the Avenue of the Sphinxes in Luxor, at Tahrir Square. Photo: Mahmoud Khaled / AFP via Getty ImagesDuring the parade, performers dressed for the mummies like ancient Egyptians. Photo: Mahmoud Khaled / AFP via Getty Images
