Curse or no curse, Cairo's mummy parade goes smoothly - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shahira Amin

Shahira Amin

Apr 5, 2021

The carriages carrying 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies depart from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square on April 3, 2021, during a parade on their way to their new resting place at the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Old Cairo. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images — The carriages carrying 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies depart from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square on April 3, 2021, in a parade to their new resting place at the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Old Cairo.

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