A stately process for 22 royal mummies transport from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat on April 3, 2021.
This event is the first of its kind in the world. The ministry will transfer 22 royal mummies in a parade from the place of their current display in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the place of their permanent display in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat.
Of the 22 mummies, 18 are kings and four are queens, among them the mummies of King Ramses II, King Seknen Ra, King Tuthmosis III, King Seti I, Queen Hatshebut, Queen Merit Amun, wife of King Amenhotep I, and Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, and wife of King Ahmose.
Egypt is anticipating the opening of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat and the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Giza later this year.