Named ‘Golden Parade of Pharaohs’, 18 mummies of kings and 4 queens move in the procession in order from oldest to youngest. Each mummy is housed on a private car decorated in an ancient Egyptian style.
The procession was greeted with 21 gunshots and was attended by a military band. The mummies were transported on specially decorated cars with their names engraved in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs as well as in Arabic.
Among the mummies were kings Ramses II, Seti I, Seqenenre and Tuthmosis III, and there were also four queens: Ahmose-Nefertari, Tiye, Meritamun and Hatshepsut. Photo: AFP 
The procession of the 22 pharaohs and the queen, including the most powerful ancient queen of Egypt, took place on the evening of April 3 to bring the royal mummies to a new resting place. Photo: AFP. 
Performers dressed in ancient Egyptian costumes parade at the start of the parade of 22 royal Egyptian mummies departing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Photo: AFP 
The parade route starts from the Egyptian Museum, a former mummified site near Tahrir Square, to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Egypt’s first Muslim capital, al -Fustat. Photo: AFP 
Stone coffins are decorated with sculptures and inscriptions. Photo: AFP 
“This majestic spectacle is a new proof of the greatness of the Egyptians, the unique protection of civilization rooted in this historical depth,” said Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi. Twitter. Photo: AFP 
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