Egyptian Golden Pharos Parade - The Concise Report

 

The conception of modern-day civilizations can by some way be adhered to the Egyptians. The culture, progression and the development of the modern world is without a doubt spearheaded by the age of the pharos. The birth of the pyramids, as a modern-day society in 2021 it's often harder for us to comprehend the sheer scale of time between us and the first pharos. Yet the people of Egypt remember it all too well, with this latest move to modernize the tombs of what were once the greatest rulers of the kingdom. The Egyptian government has ensured that the history of their culture. Thereby that of the world preserved for the foreseeable future.

The Briefing: Ancient mummies of Egypt's royal pharaohs emerged from their resting place of decades on Saturday(3rd April 2021). Paraded through the streets of the capital of Egypt, Cairo. To a new home. The parade route took place between the Egyptian museum at their old location near Tahrir square. To their new home the national museum of Egyptian civilization. In Egypt's first Islamic capital Al Fustat. 22 royal Egyptian mummies, 17 royal sarcophagi were also transported in this procession. Which moved along the Nile river and accompanied by chariots and horses. Sarcophagi are stone coffins often adorned with sculptures and inscriptions. Famous mummies were those of king Ramses 2, Seti 1 , Seqqnenre and Tuthmisis 3 also to the four queens. Ahose-neferatri, Tiye, Mertiamun, and Hatshepsut. The mummies were first unearthed in 1881, at Dier El Bahari in Luxor's west bank in tomb TT320.

The conservation process is placing each mummy in an oxygen-free nitrogen capsule. Which can keep it preserved without damage from the effects of humidity. Especially threats from bacteria, fungi and insects. Mummies upon arrival to the museum will be in the exact same conditions as the nitrogen capsules. Accompanying each mummy will be any belongings discovered alongside them including their coffins. As well as a CT scan revealing what is beneath the wraps, as well as any breaks in the bones or diseases that affected the royals.

-Vikrant Joshi