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Royal Mummies Paraded Through Downtown Cairo In Museum Move

The remains of 24 pharaohs, 18 kings and four queens, were relocated to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization on Saturday in an elaborate event designed to attract tourists to the new museum.
The carriage carrying the mummy of Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III advances as part of the parade.

Twenty-two mummified members of ancient Egyptian royalty passed throughdowntown Cairo in an awe-inspiring parade on Saturday. The event, which drew fanfare to the country's robust collections of antiquities in an

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