

This parade will reportedly last around 40 minutes, and will likely resemble the rehearsal filmed in early December. And being royals, these mummies won’t make the trip in box trucks they’ll travel in specially built parade cars fit for a pharaoh or queen.

Set to take place on April 3, 2021, the parade will feature 22 mummies, 18 kings and four queens, dating back to the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties. The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade of 22 royal mummies from one museum to another will be broadcast on over 400 television channels while the event will also be streamed online via the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities’ Facebook page.

The event will also feature various artistic performances by Egyptian artists, musicians as well as renowned film stars.Įgypt’s capital Cairo is gearing up for a first-of-its-kind Pharaohs Golden Parade that will transfer the ancient Egyptian royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC).
