President Sisi calls upon Egyptians, world to watch Pharoahs’ Golden Parade

CAIRO - 3 April 2021: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called upon all Egyptians and the whole world to watch the extraordinary and unrepeatable event of the royal mummies parade, which will kick off at 6:00 PM (Cairo time) until 8:00 PM on Saturday.

“I invite all Egyptians and the whole world to follow this unique event, inspired by the spirit of the great ancestors, who preserved the nation and created a civilization of which all humans are proud… Let’s continue our path that we have started…The path of construction and humanity,” he said on his Twitter account.

“With pride, I look forward to receiving Egypt’s kings and queens after their journey from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). This majestic scene proves the greatness of this nation and its guardian of a unique civilization all over history,” he added.

بكل الفخر والاعتزاز أتطلع لاستقبال ملوك وملكات مصر بعد رحلتهم من المتحف المصري بالتحرير إلى المتحف القومي للحضارة المصرية. إن هذا المشهد المهيب لدليل جديد على عظمة هذا الشعب الحارس على هذه الحضارة الفريدة الممتدة في أعماق التاريخ.١/٢

— Abdelfattah Elsisi (@AlsisiOfficial) April 3, 2021

President Sisi will be at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, where he will receive the royal convoy to their final resting place.

Egypt is organizing an event of its kind in the world, to transfer 22 royal mummies in a majestic world parade from the place of its current display in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the place of its permanent display in the NMEC in Fustat.

The parade is being held amid highly intensified security measures as Dr. Khaled El Enany, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Major General Khaled Abdel A'al, Governor of Cairo, previously met with representatives of the ministries of defense, interior and security officials, the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and officials of the company doing the transfer of mummies.

The Pharoahs’ Golden Parade will be accompanied on the same day by the opening of the central hall and the Royal Mummies Hall of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.