Splendour and Ceremony.
On April 3rd, 2021, Egypt hosted a magnificent celebration. Royal mummies, including Kings and Queens, departed their old home and made for a new one. In future, these rulers will reside in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Moving the royal mummies was a complex, grandiose event. I report on the event, and the background of these famous bodies…- Date 2021 BCE and the late 19th Century.
- The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade:
- Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities YouTube stream (Arabic).
- Experience Egypt YouTube stream (Arabic and English).
- Reuters YouTube stream (Arabic and English).
- Performance by Amira Selim with “violin” music by Ahmed Mounib.
- Twitter thread by Heba abd el Gawad.
- Video: Cairo residents cheer the parade on Twitter.
- Music by Keith Zizza.
- Music by Jeffrey Goodman.
- Music by Ancient Lyric.
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Bibliography
- The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade:
- Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities YouTube stream (Arabic).
- Experience Egypt YouTube stream (Arabic and English).
- Reuters YouTube stream (Arabic and English).
- Performance by Amira Selim with “violin” music by Ahmed Mounib.
- Twitter thread by Heba abd el Gawad.
- The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Facebook.
- Maspero, “Les Momies Royales de Déir el-Bahari,” Mémoires publiés par les membres de la mission archéologique française du Caire, vol. 1 (1889): 511–790. Available online.
- Reeves and R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings (London, 1996).
- Romer, Valley of the Kings (London, 1981).
- Thompson, Wonderful Things, A History of Egyptology, II: The Golden Age: 1881–1914 (Cairo, 2015).
- Wilson, “Finding Pharaoh,” The Century: Illustrated Monthly Magazine 34 (May 1887): 3–10.
- Winlock, “The Tomb of Queen Meryetamun: I The Discovery.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin33, no. 2 (1975): 77–89.
- Web Archive: Theban Tomb 320 (TT320) also known as Deir el-Bahari 320 (DB320) “The Cachette of the Royal Mummies” Available online.
- KV35 (Amunhotep II tomb) at pl.
- Video: Cairo residents cheer the parade on Twitter.
- Video: A trip to the Royal Cache (TT320 / DB320) on YouTube.
- Mummies:
- The mummies found in TT320 / DB320 at Wikimedia and The Theban Royal Mummy Project.
- The mummies found in KV35 (Amunhotep II) at Wikimedia and SLU.
Thank you for giving the name of the composer, I could’t find it.
Apparently our tastes overlap in this respect – I simply loved Amira Selim’s song and enjoyed it most.
Wow, you are quick, just one day and you reflected on the event. Am working on a clip concentrating on the way the sarcophagi, rather than other elements.
I have found the lyrics of the moving and powerful song Amira Selim performed:
Song of Isis ancient Egyptian language
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ramat ntru
‘ana baju
nats hunut waet
sanaj ‘ana ‘iist bgh ‘ana ‘iis jt af
sanaj ‘ana ‘iist ants hunawt amanat tawaa ‘am asybwaa
sanaj ‘ana ‘iist ayrt re wr husut ‘am sabat
sanaj ‘ana ‘iist radaa ns eat ‘ana nysw bitaa
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Translation
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O people and gods who are on the mountain
She is the only lady
The fear of Aissa, for she gives birth to the day
The prestige of Aisa, she is the lady of the West and the two lands together
Laas is feared, for she is a great eye of Ra in the provinces
Aisa’s prestige, for she is the one who gives a lot to the king of Upper and Lower Egypt
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The lyrics: Hymn of the Might of Isis
Translation and historical supervision: Dr. Maysara Abdullah Hussein
courtesy of YT channel of: Reinforce Art
Following your request – here is the full list of the pharaohs and pharaohnesses:
“Meritamun, T, Hatshepsut, Ahmose Nefertari are the four queens of the parade.
Kings Ramses II, Ramses III, Ramses IV, Ramses V, Ramses VI and Ramses IX will tour the capital.
Kings in the parade also include Thutmose I, Thutmose II, Thutmose III, Thutmose IV, Seqenenre Tao, Amenhotep I, Amenhotep II, Amenhotep III, Seti I, Seti II, Merenptah and Siptah.”
source:http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/100466/Long-awaited-Pharaohs%E2%80%99-Golden-Parade-kicks-off-with-artistic-performances
Addendum:
“T” in the above list of royal personalities means queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III and mother of Akhenaten.
A 16 min short of the Golden Parade with all the official staff cut out.
I have left
only the historic content left
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images (sculptures, paitings) of chosen pharaohs with the dates they lived or ruled
and a full list of the pharaohs
So we can relax and step into history without disturbance of other things:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a297UYT1Br8
Ivonna