Egypt put quite the Easter Parade for this past weekend. The guests of honour were all dead-and had been dead for more than than 3,000 years.
On Saturday, 22 royal mummies were paraded through the streets of downtown Cairo.
The “Pharaohs’ Golden Parade” moved along the River Nile to Egypt’s first Islamic capital, Al-Fustat, in old Cairo, until it reached the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
Why a mummy parade? Tourism is way down in Egypt (and everywhere) thanks to Covid 19. Industry experts thought a stunt like this might generate some new interest in Egypt as a tourist destination.
Most of the mummies belong to the ancient New Kingdom, which ruled Egypt between 1539 B.C. to 1075 B.C., according to the ministry of antiquities.
They include Ramses II, one of the country’s most famous pharaohs, and Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only woman Pharaoh — who wore a false beard to overcome tradition requiring women to play only secondary roles in the royal hierarchy.
Check out the parade-it’s spectacular!
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