Egypt puts on a show as it moves royal mummies to new home

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Royal ancient mummies have been transported through Egypt’s capital of Cairo to their new home, in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

Crowds witnessed the multimillion-dollar spectacle of the 18 kings and four queens making the journey through Cairo in the highly anticipated “Pharoah’s Golden Parade”.

Egypt hopes the event will help resurrect its struggling tourism industry.

Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan reports.

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