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- Nearly two dozen of Egypt’s most prized royal mummies are being transported in grand style through downtown Cairo, the so-called Golden Parade guiding them from one museum to a massive new home. TODAY senior international correspondent Keir Simmons reports.
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This was the most spectacular thing i ever seen in my life that it gives me goosebumps everytime i seen it. It's something that you rarely seen in your life that captivated you in every turn.
I'm pretty sure when they spent all that time and money to build their families tombs, they didn't want their remains paraded around and used to make whoever "owns" them richer.. I'd blows my mind how blindly disrespectful humanity has become..
@@natedawg8778 well it's better than somebody who will sell them in black market.
@@natedawg8778 By the these are not for sell
I cried when I first watched it live and ever since I'm living this prestigious moment . I'm proud of my ancestors Thank you Egypt
And it’s safe being in the museum than being left in the tombs and being robbed by tomb robbers
This historic event truly aimed to attract tourism at first....but what it actually did is that it dazzled the whole world and made all egyptians proud and more connected to their ancestors than ever. moreover, honored that marvelous civilization. a proud egyptian!!
Be proud of your Ancestors brother you have the best civilization dating thousands of years.
We were honouring kings and queens , with or without tourism we would have performed it this was
You don't seem to understand !
I'm pretty sure when they spent all that time and money to build their families tombs, they didn't want their remains paraded around and used to make whoever "owns" them richer.. I'd blows my mind how blindly disrespectful humanity has become..
Bro, Egyptian pharaohs had different race and blood to the current Egyptians, lol, unless you meant the Coptic Egyptians and Nubians, cause the Arabic Egyptians have ancestry from Middle East
@@natedawg8778 They left us a great legacy of pyramids, temples, tombs, artifacts and mummies to explore and learn from. That definitely means something more than your conservative opinion. I’m also sure their souls are happy with all the glory and tribute they continue to receive.
I don't think Hollywood can top this production, honestly.
This was a amazing display of respect for the ancients. It deserves nothing less...loved it. Can’t wait to go back and visit the new museum
Welcome any time to our country
I'm pretty sure when they spent all that time and money to build their families tombs, they didn't want their remains paraded around and used to make whoever "owns" them richer.. I'd blows my mind how blindly disrespectful humanity has become..
@@natedawg8778 I was going to say that too. People are so confused. They think this is somehow paying respect to the pharaohs . I don’t know about you but I don’t want the graves of my ancestors dig up and parade.
@@frankt9156 Exactly! Its totally disrespectful
It's not respect. They were buried there for a reason.
Eight year old me was obsessed with anything Ancient Egypt. I collected all the Playmobil Ancient Egypt sets and loved the Discovery Kids show Tutenstein
Seeing this spectacle takes me back to my childhood. Wow this gives me goosebumps. And the money spent on this to boost tourism was worth it, because it definitely makes me want to go to Egypt. It was on my bucket list anyway! The pharaohs are the spirit of Egypt, and it's nice to see them embracing the country's past by doing this visually stunning parade (with perfect choreography, might I add) while also advancing into the future
I’ve seen you in Chadtronic’s comment section.
What do you call an Egyptian chef?
Gordon Ramses
Egypt looked so magical..their history is all of our history and we should cherish it
Absolutely. Om al donya. Beautiful Masr.
Not the slavery part
@@Ozzymandius1 Aliens. 😟🤣
Is not your history if you not black African
@@Sphizex01 yeah how many PALESKIN they dig out
Egyptians didn't make it for tourism (which is not a bad thing anyway), but to honor and show respect to their grandparents kings and queens while moving them from the Egyptian Museum to the new NMEC (National Museum for Egyptian Civilization)
I'm pretty sure when they spent all that time and money to build their families tombs, they didn't want their remains paraded around and used to make whoever "owns" them richer.. I'd blows my mind how blindly disrespectful humanity has become..
@@natedawg8778
Spent money?! 😂
Should they left them buried then?!
They are thier grandparents and they know what to do with them, u relax. 🙂
@@Mustafa-tw6sb Yes Money and Power is what made it all possible to construct the amazing tombs lined with Gold... And Yes, the RESPECTFUL thing and in my opinion the HONORABLE thing to do would leave them in their final resting place and make laws that protect the tombs.. Instead you have rich white men who think they are entitled to whatever they can find and get RICH off it. You know it's the root off all evil right? 💲🤑💲My whole point is the Ancients should be treated with RESPECT instead of Paraded around and used to make the rich richer.
@@natedawg8778 if we didn't intervene with it and dug up their tombs then they would have been completely forgotten and we would have never been able to learn about the history and way of life , Knowledge is the strongest asset of humanity , also digging up the tombs is a good way to persevere them and make them last for hundreds of years to come
@@Mustafa-tw6sb The Egyptians of today are not the Egyptians of those days, so how are they their grandparents? It a good thing to honor them but, this might not accepted by the gods as they are not blood descendants
Now thats a parade! Respect to Egypt perserving the Ancients with Respect!
Wow, Zahi Hawass is like the Egyptologist I've been watching since I was a kid. Anything mummy related, he's always there to comment. Love seeing him!
That lil devil
This person probably sold much of our history to the west
He is a very corrupt individual
Congratulations to Egypt. Love from India
yes yes I will visit Egypt!
You are welcome mate ❤️
I will too!
@@frajomran726 any time dude , welcome man
@@user-uf4qw3se4y really? is that what's happening out there? that's a shame if it's true
@@user-uf4qw3se4y I hope I'm half as confident as you're telling lies and spreading hate . you may not even live in Egypt!!
This was absolutely beautiful. A history so rich we all need to cherish, preserve and celebrate. I am not Egyptian but lived there when I was a child and am so proud to have witnessed this if only through TV and youtube!!
Also, for those talking about curses. The world doesn’t need a curse. Have you lived through 2020?! Just to mention two devastating events; Forest fires and COVID. And the many years and years of wars and destructions we have gone through! Curses, really. Come on man, get real!
I literally have a life long dream of going to Egypt one day.
Mee too🙃since i was 11 years
إن شاء الله تنورونا وتيجوا مصر ❤️
Me too since l was 12 years old
Proud to be Egyptian, I love honoring my ancestors
Allah destroyed them and your proud of them? 🤔
@@abdiazizmohamed4135 Islam destroyed Allah. It's filled with negative energy, polygamy & pedophilia.
@Bronze Of Steel you can’t blame them that they come before Ibrahim religion plus if you are Egyptian like me know well ur history , you will found out that Ajnatoun the first one in history found the meaning of God even before abrahamic religion
@Bronze Of Steel those was not God those was the rulers of old Egypt 🇪🇬
@@Sagha4 it's not true ask people who converted to Islam
Respect 🙏🇵🇭
You respect♥🇪🇬
Amazing . Proud to be Egyptian, long live Egypt 🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬
Unfortunately you do not have the Egyptian belief
@Mohamed Elsaady_93 oh cant handle the truth you lost your Egyptian belief and your arabic belief torture when you speak against it isnt it where are your rights I guess you do not have it rather be happy with your chain for life
@@areebachewa8318 shut up.
@@user-uc8tj6hc8o is that what your teaching teach you to shut up and never questions ...I bet stupidity is your core hahaha
@@areebachewa8318 ممكن لو سمحتوا حد تيرجم هم قالو ايه ؟ لاني مصري وعايش في المانيا من زمان يعني اعرف الماني وعربي الانجليزي للاسف نسيته مع مرور السنين.
Not only tourism industry, on the other side it's a great motivation and pride to the whole mankind.
Shows a great sense of dignity
This was absolutely AMAZING!!! I am obsessed with ancient Egypt. I think the Pharaohs and Queens would have approved of the Golden Parade.
🌹🥀🥀🥀🥀🌺🥀💪💪👍🏼👍🏼
I’m sure they are and in a way their names have been immortalized. They were big on that concept of immortality. Anyway, I know it’s common to call them “pharaohs” but really “pharaoh” was a person’s name not a title. And he was not even an Egyptian he was a Hyksos ruler of Egypt at the time. The title “pharaoh” is not mentioned once in all of ancient Egypt’s history. And the name actually comes from the Abrahamic faiths tradition.
@@MYT1FL that’s not true at all. The term Pharaoh (which dates to the New Kingdom) is an Egyptian word for king, and comes from a term that means “royal palace”.
This the only country that left so much information and their well preserved bodies and wealth for the future, there was no curse it was a deterrent to stop the looters,! Such beautiful ceremony having respect for their ancestors,,,
Yes it is about promoting tourism, but its more about honouring our ancestors and being proud of our history ... I think a lot of news channels tend to overlook that and it a bit upsetting... regardless the parade was spectacular and filled our hearts with pride! 🇪🇬
@Queen Nita that’s a lie. Modern Egyptians are the direct descendants of ancient Egyptians. DNA evidence has long proved this. “Arab” Egyptians are only culturally Arab, not ethnically. Stop with your nonsense and go steal someone else’s culture.
Those who don't have their history to take pride in, are always upset 😩 with the one having a history and are cherishing
Well said
Yeah the U. S. A
I'm pretty sure when they spent all that time and money to build their families tombs, they didn't want their remains paraded around and used to make whoever "owns" them richer.. I'd blows my mind how blindly disrespectful humanity has become..
@@natedawg8778 fr, lets go dig up some old dead king or president and parade him around saying its worship or prideful. Its just disrespectful to the dead.
@@natedawg8778 you seem pretty mad as if it concerns you so much that you are r spamming this comment under every positive comment lol u are weird Nate go change the world and make it a better place for the living first then check on the dead ..
اهلا بيكم فى مصر بلد التاريخ والحضارة. انا مصرى وافتخر 🇪🇬💪❤️🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬
Interesting how they mention many locals from the poorer districts of Cairo were not allowed to attend.
Well, it was more "subtle" than saying to prevent the religious nuts tried to sabotaged it, no?.
Especially the ones that bastardized the name of one honoured egypt's goddesses.
It was podcasted on national tv dummy,only the participants of the event and reporters were allowed
imagine sleeping and having a dream about ancient Egypt and then you wake up and see this parade through your window... If that doesn't give a heart attack, I don't know what will
Egypt! i will be there.
🔥❤️
You are welcomed we are opening a new capital plus 23 new cities and the world biggest museum all this year
@@mahmoudgamal8044 Opening new capital? is this considered English Moursi?!
@@darkpain4208 it will have an opening ceremony lol
@@darkpain4208 cities 🤦🏻🤣
News: EGYPT
Host: NEW YORK
Reporter: LONDON
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Good observation!
(Mon 05 Apr 2021 18h17)
And what that mean
Dude that is on the face
M R . W O R L D W I D E
I am positive that that parade was perfect! Not cursed at all
Cursed! No that didn't upset no Ancient Egyptian nah its all good fun.
Egyptian✨💖⚡
it's not about how much it cost .. it's about how is this civilization is important for all our Humanity , For all our World.. Thanks for all Brothers and Greats Fathers and Family around the world that love this international event.
CAIRO - One in three Egyptians is living in poverty, the official statistics agency reported Monday, following years of austerity measures aimed at reforming the economy. The report said 32.5% of Egyptians lived below the poverty line in 2018, up from 27.8% in 2015 and 16.7% in 2000.
Congratulations to Egypt on a beautiful spectacle. The pharaohs have achieved eternal life.
The Kings, not the Pharaohs .
Pharaoh is a real name of just one king .
Something about this don't seem right
Because their Arabs and not the original Egyptian
🙏🏽
Probably not how they were supposed to be remembered. A “final resting place” is supposed to be final.
👍🏼
This was beautiful and so was the singing 😍. Proud to be Egyptian. Their civilization is sooo rich and we’re still discovering it til this very moment.
No
هو انتوا المصريين مش حافظين غير الكلمة دي براود تو بي ايجيبشن 🤦🏻🤣
@@saif2684 I’m sorry what else do u want me to say? Why don’t u go ahead and tell us what u want us to write 😂😑
@@nawal10 You can say whatever you want but don't copy each other 🙄🤣
@@saif2684 then I already said what I want 😎
Egypt knows how to show out!
Proud 2b Egyptian 😍❤🤗
There is Nothing to be proud of Pharaoh who enslaved you and was cursed by God and drowned by Moses!
Egypt conducted a dazzling display with all the magnificent grandeur and royal honour due to the royal mummies and respect extended to Egyptian history and culture.
It is a proud day for Egyptians and the world's people.
You don't mess with sacred burials.!!!! Those mummies should had been left alone!
Use your head
The mutants only worship money
I'll put this on my bucket lists.
I do not think the parade was made for show. These are the remains of the great rulers of the land and transport should be most respectful and solemn. Too bad the reporters didn't grasp the full context.
Egypt has such rich history, can’t wait to visit there someday
With that name you should
All people were prevented regardless of their financial status!
Yea western media is just arrogant
@@finnishlion748
They are not just arrogant. They are actively trying to smear the government. It burns their heart to see Egypt making a huge success with its Parade and that is what drives the negativity and lies included in their report.
Egypt is fascinating
this was so magical!!! so beautiful!!
This parade was phenomenal and a an absolute pleasure to watch from the United States. Wow. Just spectacular. I am blessed to be traveling there in June. I cannot wait!!!
Welcome to Egypt any time., We Will be blessed with coming here 🤠,
It’s working!! I want to visit Egypt.
Man I wish I could see this one day. Dream vacation going to Egypt
The egyptians preserved their bodies and belongings for the afterlife and in a funny way it worked.
Not to menton that you have to be remembered in order to be in heaven and the mumies literally did that. Hence they will be in heaven for eternity
Or until the human race dies or the planet dies. The only constant in life is change.
“Everyone said this is the curse of the mummies, but I said there is no curse of the mummies!” That sounds exactly like someone pretending not to be a mummy would say
I went in Tutankhamen’s tomb and got an illness for life, my friends mom died. My dad says it’s a coincidence, I don’t .
@@uehejehdjdjej I read this comment and realized I had no more beer. Coincidence? I think not.
Gives me goosebumps! Amazing display!
Ah Egypt, one of the cradles of civilization along with Mesopotamia (Iraq) Indus Valley (Pakistan) and Yellow River Valley (China), truly magnificent!
Indus valley was Hindu Civilization of India
1:24 BRO FORGET THE CYBERTRUCK, I WANNA GET THAT DRIP TRUCK 🚘🔑
If you are a pharaoh you need something majestic, before and still now.
A pharaoh always a pharaoh forever.
Egypt sure knows how to honor their dead. Touching how they went all out.
Respect the Ancient living!
WoooW Amazing Great Egypt 🇪🇬
I bet all of those that had a hand in this are cursed now, Egyptian stuff shouldn't be disturbed.
Can we imagine if the Egyptian still have their own culture custom and their own belief in Egypt
We made Egyptian language mandatory in schools, and this a good step , thanks to the leadership of Egypt that western media presents him in a bad way , shameful media
And for the costumes men wear the same galabya which is found in the tombs , the wear it everywhere and more and ironically in prayer , which is ironically worn by priests in Egypt temples
Mummies are so eerie
WOW !! EGYPT DID IT RIGHT !!! Respect is so important !
Why question the parade when the US has bigger ones for less honerable persons
Exactly they do hv parade more often for less interesting events
This is an AMAZING DISPLAY of respect to their ancient Kings and Queens.
This gave me a chill down my spine as it is so spectacular. Well done
Egypt. whoever came up with this plan, supported by the leader General
Al Sisi, it is a great idea and I absolutely love it. The first King to
be in the parade is 'Sequenenre Tao' a King that was brutally killed by
enemies 3,600 years ago and left to rot in battlefield and his mummy is
in pieces too... the respect he gets today, being shown to the whole
world, I mean, will anyone get that respect in their life time? And
Ramsses the great is there too, the most powerful king of all time..
This is so beautiful. These Kings and Queens wanted to be immoral and
THEY ARE IMMORTAL today, as from the other side of the world- Asia, we
are watching them and we are loving every bit of it.
Absolutely amazing!
This is so sweet
The Pharaohs probably expected a little more than a parade for the after life
🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬❤I love you Egypt
I am proud of being Egyptian💜
I basically said to myself i need to visit this 2.0 museum.
There is no curse guys😊 first its not the only time the mummies were transferred from one place to another and if there were a curse that would be transferring them from their tombs or messing with their belongings in their tombs ... though the parade was actually a celebration of the Kings and gueens' glory and they wouldn't curse that 😉. This parade is actually what they aimed to, literally they were obsessed of life after death and honoring themselves afterwards and indeed the parade was all about honoring them and honoring our glorious history , and what better way than singing their own death song in hieroglyphic language ... I am so proud of my history and so honored to be able to share that with whole world .our history and culture is so rich and Egypt is coming back hard I can ensure that 🥰 and we would love that you come along with us .. sending love, hugs and peace to all of you from Egypt 🇪🇬 ❤❤❤
They were not supposed to be move even the first time. They were never supposed to bother them ever.
@@landonsenk3659 facts
This parade gave me hunger games vibes when they introduce the tributes
Some serious ‘loominati ish
I am so glad that they were not destroyed and their TRUE image was kept in tact.
wow this is amazing-it paid off becouse i wish i was there!
I wil visit egypt someday with my partner.
You will be welcomed wherever you come💜
“The pharaoh is the heart of Egypt... While he slumbers undisturbed, so shall Egypt endure.”
A wow !
If you think how powerful Egypt was on those Ancient Days, and nowadays it is just an Northern African Country
This was disrespectful asf. The kings curse is already coming true. Volcano just erupted too. They left the enough for people to learn from but the fact that they are using them to prop up the Egyptian economy is blasphemy. Don’t play with other people’s beliefs.
Great ! Can’t wait for the end of the world.
And you’re delusional “asf”...
African godesses and gods
Their ancestors will be proud of the advancements they have made and creativity that went into this to celebrate them.
Long live Ancient Egypt and long live it’s Pharos and Queens
I’m glad Egypt can be proud of their long long long history
RESPECT 😌
It's so thrilling, gave me goosebumps
After Covid, people around the world shall go and visit this museum. One in a lifetime experience before you are dead.
True we can turn to mummies too after death🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔????
Amazing, Egypt after being ruled by Greek/Macedonian/Roman and Arab empires, it celebrates it's original roots of a great empire.
That looks so cool!!!
Wow! Gave me chills 💜
In order to block the road for our African brothers who think that the pharaohs were of black skinned. First, this is not true, because genetic studies have proven that the pharaohs were not white or black, but rather they were brown-skinned. And do not try to say that the pharaohs were black-skinned so that you have an identity to be proud of at the expense of the Egyptians who built this civilization
The vast majority were as you described.there were a small minority of pharaoh who were “black” off the top of my head I can think of Taharqa.
@@yasminmohamue8138 yeah and Nubian Egyptians these people lived in northern Sudan and southern Egypt and if you actually go to South Egypt people there are dark skinned but we know that Northern Egypt was always the most important part of the civilization and where most people lived and they were deffinitely not black or white just a few shades darker than some modern Egyptians and also there's been a lot of interracial mixing with other civilisations like the Greeks or Romans especially in massive cities like Alexandra
Yea, you have issues..
Anyone wanna visit Egypt? I want to visit Egypt before I die.
That looks cool af!
An otherwise beautiful Today program about the Egyptian ceremonies was ruined for me for at least three reasons: their 'poor' citizens were not forbidden to watch the parade. All citizens were encouraged to watch the extravaganza on tv. It was livestreamed. There was also no need to make jokes about so called cursed mummies. A little respect would have been encouraged. And, there was nothing about the beautiful concert.
I can't believe the closed mindset you guys possess and talk about curses! is this the kind of education your audience receives! Shame!
I'm pretty sure when they spent all that time and money to build their families tombs, they didn't want their remains paraded around and used to make whoever "owns" them richer.. I'd blows my mind how blindly disrespectful humanity has become..
@@natedawg8778 exactly how I feel . We take too much pride in education and not enough in morals.
@@BabeBGirl Sad but true
This is so COOL❗
“With many local people from poor districts of Cairo, prevented from attending”...how is nobody upset or concerned about this?
My thoughts exactly, scrolled through comments just to see if anyone even noticed that statement.
Everyone was prevented from attending because of COVID concerns. But there was a huge journalist deck and international news media stands on either side of the parade.
That was a total big fat ugly lie, nowadays the media everywhere stinks.
this parade had no tickets , everyone wasn’t allowed to attend except for the media with permits and diplomat guests in the theater. For two reasons: 1- covid , and 2- securing the precious cargo.
The curse of Pharaoh has been unleashed onto the world now
@Craig Melvin and the London reporter; but especially at Craig ...Very disappointed at your downer/negative input to this precious and glamorous event. 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ actually Appalling comment.
Thank you Savannah & Sheinelle for your good spirit comment.
Maybe Craig needs a vacation in Egypt to regain his bearings and spirit.
This would be awesome to see. Love to look at preserved history!
Magnificent History and beautiful Performance 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Sign of the end times..
People dont know it. They clap their hands in excitement.
African gods
Ah yes, nothing like a gun salute when I’m trying to eternally rest
Mummies are not cursed. 🙄😤
Lack of respect attracts ‘curses’.
That's so cool