Egypt opens the Royal mummies hall to visitors at the new Civilization Museum
The Royal Mummies' Hall of the NMEC opened to the public on Sunday. The Mummies' Hall is specially designed to display the mummies belonging to kings and queens from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties that ruled ancient Egypt over 3,000 years ago.
Royal
Mummies Hall at Cairo's new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) was
opened to visitors for the first time on Sunday 18 April 2021, displaying 20
mummies of Ancient Egyptian kings and queens.
The
showcased mummies were among the 22 transferred earlier in April from the
Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo to the NMEC in a remarkable
Royal golden parade.
The
opening of the magnificent mummies hall coincided with the International Day
for Monuments and Sites, also known as the World Heritage Day.
The
mummies belonged to 18 kings and four queens that ruled Ancient Egypt over
3,000 years ago.
The
Royal Mummies Hall is located beneath the Main Hall. It is reached by a
downward stairway at the entrance of the Main Hall of the museum.
Once
inside, visitors can follow the direction arrows on the floor to go through the
passages, tour the entire hall, and see all the mummies, most of which are
showcased next to the coffins they were found in.
The
first mummy that visitors encounter is that of King Seqenenre Taa II, followed
by those of Queen Ahmose Nefertari, King Amenhotep I, King Thutmose I, King
Thutmose II, Queen Hatshepsut, King Thutmose II, King Amenhotep II and Thutmose
IV.
The rest of the mummies include those of King Ramses II and Queen Tiye, which amazingly still have head hair in a good condition of preservation.
Although
22 mummies were moved to the NMEC, the Royal Mummies Hall accommodates 20,
which are currently in display. The other two mummies will be exhibited in
rotation with others, according to Mahrous el-Sanadidy, a senior curator at the
museum.
"The
area of the Royal Mummies Hall is 850 square meters. It exhibits 20 mummies, 12
coffins and some of the special belongings of Amenhotep II and Thutmose
IV," Sanadidy explained, stressing that the royal mummies are the pride of
the new museum.
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the Mummies Hall on its first day
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