CAIRO — Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anani announced during an April 6 symposium titled “Royal Mummies” — in reference to the Pharaoh's Golden Parade that was organized by the ministry on April 3 to transfer royal mummies — that another procession is being prepared for the transfer of the golden mask of King Tutankhamun and the mummy’s golden sarcophagus to the Grand Egyptian Museum, in a unique event measuring up to the Pharaoh's Golden Parade.

Speaking at the symposium organized as part of the ninth scientific conference of Ain Shams University in Cairo, Anani noted that most of the treasures of Tutankhamun have been transferred from the Egyptian Museum in downtown Cairo's Tahrir Square to the Grand Egyptian Museum, west of Cairo near the Giza pyramids. 

“The transfer of the mask — which is the most famous artifact in the world — will take place a few days prior to the inauguration of the museum, which has not yet been set,” he said.

This comes on the heels of the great success of the Pharaoh’s Golden Parade on April 3 to transfer the royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in the city of Fustat in Greater Cairo.