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…
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 The Theban Royal Mummy Project.
- The mummies found in KV35 (Amunhotep II) at Wikimedia and SLU.
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