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Splendour and Ceremony. On April 3rd, 2021, Egypt hosted a magnificent celebration. Royal mummies, including Kings and Queens, departed their old home and made for a new one. In future, these rulers will reside in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Moving the royal mummies was a complex, grandiose event. I report on the parade, and the historical background of these famous mummies…

• Recordings of the parade on YouTube
• Musical performance by Amira Salim and Ahmed Mounib
• Cairo residents cheer the parade, by Rania Atef on Twitter
• Details of the performance by Heba Abd el Gawad on Twitter
• Photos at Ahram.
• Further details, links, images, and references at The History of Egypt Podcast website.
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Select Bibliography:

The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade:

Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities YouTube stream (Arabic).

Experience Egypt YouTube stream (Arabic and English).

Reuters YouTube stream (Arabic and English).

Performance by Amira Selim with “violin” music by Ahmed Mounib.

Twitter thread by Heba abd el Gawad.

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Facebook.

Maspero, “Les Momies Royales de Déir el-Bahari,” Mémoires publiés par les membres de la mission archéologique française du Caire, vol. 1 (1889): 511–790. Available online.

Reeves and R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings (London, 1996).

Romer, Valley of the Kings (London, 1981).

Thompson, Wonderful Things, A History of Egyptology, II: The Golden Age: 1881–1914 (Cairo, 2015).

• Wilson, “Finding Pharaoh,” The Century: Illustrated Monthly Magazine 34 (May 1887): 3–10.
• Winlock, “The Tomb of Queen Meryetamun: I The Discovery.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin33, no. 2 (1975): 77–89.
• Web Archive: Theban Tomb 320 (TT320) also known as Deir el-Bahari 320 (DB320) “The Cachette of the Royal Mummies” Available online.
• KV35 (Amunhotep II tomb) at pl.
• Video: Cairo residents cheer the parade on Twitter.
• Video: A trip to the Royal Cache (TT320 / DB320) on YouTube.
• Mummies:
• The mummies found in TT320 / DB320 at Wikimedia and 

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