According to Dr Zahi Hawass, the Egyptian archaeologist and the minister of State for Antiquities and Affairs, the mummy of king Tutankhamun will be transported to the Grand Egyptian Museum. With regard to an anticipated parade, Hawass added, in exclusive statements to “Trendify”, that there is no news about this at the moment.
Hawass: of course we could have a parade, as King Tut is one of the great founders of Pharaonic history
However, Hawass stated "of course we could have a parade, as King Tut is one of the great founders of Pharaonic history".
On the contrary, General Atef Miftah, general supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), stated that we might not be having a parade. And added that if we did, it would take a long period of time for preparations, as the parade we witnessed in April required almost 18 months of preparations for this global spectacle.
According to sources in the ministry of Antiquities and Tourism, there is no news of any dates for another parade, to transport King Tut's mummy from his tomb in Luxor, to the GEM.
After its extraction from King Tut’s tomb in Valley of Kings, Luxor, the third shrine was delivered to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) for restoration and re-installation to be displayed in the museum, which took about 14 hours of precise work, illustrated the ministry of Tourism and Antiquities official press release.
The transportation of the Third shrine was accompanied by scientific documentation consisting of photographs, videos and X-rays that facilitated the installation.
According to the Ministry's statement, the third shrine is 3.40 m long, 1.92 m in width, 2.15 m high, weighs about 1142 kilograms and ends the walls from above with a frame, with a double door closed and a royal seal. It is one of seven that housed the pharaoh’s mummy along with two other shrines, a rectangular sarcophagus and three human-shaped coffins discovered in the tomb by British archaeologist Howard Carter.
The shrine consists of a roof decorated with a winged sun disc and eight birds placed under the king's titles, and the ceiling also contains inscriptions from the inside, as well as a gate with inscriptions and texts from the Book of the Dead.
It will be exhibited in the GEM room reserved exclusively for the collection of the young Tut, who died when he was only 19 years old but preserved for posterity because of the integrity and richness of his grave goods.
The first shrine is the largest artefact of King Tutankhamun's holdings, which is 20.5m high, 40.3m wide and 70.2m long, and weighs 2,600kg.
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 ranks as one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century.