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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

This was my favorite museum. The royal Mummies exhibition was phenomenal and so well done (no photo allowed).

Partially opened in 2017, the museum was officially inaugurated on 3 April 2021 by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, with the moving of 22 mummies, including 18 kings and four queens, from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo, in an event termed the Pharaohs' Golden Parade.[1] The museum displays a collection of 50,000 artifacts, presenting the Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the present day.

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Grand Egyptian Museum opening to be as impressive as Royal Mummies Parade: El-Anani

The big and amazing museum in Egypt called "The Grand Egyptian Museum".

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The Egyptian Museum is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East , and houses the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the world

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 Visitors view the Rosetta Stone on the British Museum in London on July 26, 2022. 
 An on-line marketing campaign by outstanding Egyptian archaeologists is asking for the Rosetta Stone's return to Egypt. The Rosetta Stone dates to 196 BC and was unearthed by Napoleon’s military in northern Egypt in 1799.A British Museum spokesperson stated there had been no formal request from the Egyptian authorities for the return of the Rosetta Stone.Prominent Egyptian archaeologists have renewed a name for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum to Egypt, 200 years after the deciphering of the slab unlocked the secrets and techniques of hieroglyphic script and marked the start of Egyptology.The archaeologists' on-line marketing campaign has gathered 2 500 signatures to this point and goals to "tell Egyptians what has been taken from them", stated Monica Hanna, appearing Dean of the College of Archaeology within the Egyptian metropolis of Aswan.READ | 8 cultural artefacts British Empire took from other nations, from Saartjie Baartman to Benin BronzesThe Rosetta Stone dates to 196 BC and was unearthed by Napoleon’s military in northern Egypt in 1799. It grew to become British property after Napoleon’s defeat below the phrases of the 1801 Treaty of Alexandria, together with different antiquities discovered by the French, and was shipped to Britain. It has been housed on the British Museum since 1802.Bearing inscriptions of the identical textual content in hieroglyphs, Demotic (an historic Egyptian script) and Ancient Greek, it was utilized by Frenchman Jean-Francois Champollion to decipher hieroglyphs from 1822, opening up understanding of historic Egyptian language and tradition.Egyptian archaeologists have beforehand known as for its return, however are hoping that rising strikes by Western museums to return artefacts that have been faraway from nations below colonial rule will assist their trigger.A performer rides a two-horse chariot at the beginning of the parade of twenty-two historic Egyptian royal mummies departing from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on April 3, 2021, on their technique to their new resting place on the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) about 7km (4 miles) south in historic Fustat (Old Cairo). AFP Mahmoud Khaled/AFP I'm certain all these objects finally are going to be restituted as a result of the moral code of museums is altering, it’s only a matter of when," said Hanna."The stone is a logo of cultural violence, the stone is a logo of cultural imperialism."So, restituting the stone is a symbol of changing things – that we’re no longer in the 19th century but we’re working with an ethical code of the 21st century."READ | Germany is to return Nigeria’s Benin BronzesA British Museum spokesperson stated there had been no formal request from the Egyptian authorities for the return of the Rosetta Stone.In an emailed assertion the spokesperson famous that 28 stelae engraved with the identical decree written by Egyptian clergymen had been found, beginning with the Rosetta Stone in 1799, and that 21 stay in Egypt.The museum is opening an exhibition entitled Hieroglyphs: unlocking historic Egypt on October 13 which sheds mild on the function of the Rosetta Stone.The assertion added:The British Museum vastly values optimistic collaborations with colleagues throughout Egypt.Egypt says the return of artefacts helps increase its tourism sector, a vital supply of dollars for its struggling economic system. It is because of open a big new museum close to the Giza pyramids to showcase its most well-known historic Egyptian collections within the subsequent few months."Egyptian antiquities are one of the most important tourism assets that Egypt possesses, which distinguish it from tourist destinations worldwide," tourism minister Ahmed Issa stated final week at an occasion to mark the two hundredth anniversary of Egyptology.

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New National Museum of Civilization

One of the significant initiatives the Egyptian government has adopted is the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.

It is one of the largest international museums, the world's largest museum devoted to a single civilization, and the only museum of its sort in Egypt, the Arab world, the Middle East, and Africa.

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization houses what ?

In the 50,000 artifacts on display at the museum, which opened in 2021, Egyptian Civilization is shown from prehistoric periods to the present. The collection is split into two distinct zones, one chronological that includes archaic, pharaonic, Greco-roman, Coptic, mediaeval, Islamic, and modern art. 

The Museum of Egyptian Civilization has all the evidence of the wealth and diversity that the Egyptian culture had throughout the ages, from the prehistoric to the modern, and it will have extremely rare monuments on its flanks.

We are achieving one of the museum's most important goals, which is fostering communication between visitors and laying out the meanings of Egyptian civilization, as represented by what can be added to the museum's elements such as centers for industries, handicrafts, and traditional arts, as well as exhibitions in which the results of these industries, crafts, and arts are showcased.

Additionally, The Egyptian Civilization Museum enables visitors to have a deeper understanding of Egyptian civilization and the civilizations, sciences, principles, and arts that it has preserved over the centuries

Cairo Things to do added the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization to see the royal mummies and amazing applied arts inside the museum of civilization with Maestro Online Travel. Also, we can merge the half-day tour to the Civilization Museum with the Citadel of Salah El Din and Khan El Khalili or Old Cairo

The Tour Start with the pick up from your hotel in Cairo or Giza, we recommend the pickup time is 9 AM. Get ready and transfer to The new Museum of Civilization with our tour guide, enjoy the Half Day Tour to Royal Mummies Museum with Amazing views of the Nile and Cairo, and continue exploring the Museum with the spectacular main Exhibition hall showing the four main crafts that shaped the Egyptian civilization such as:

Pottery Papyrus 

Wood Arts

Textile 

Ornaments

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization It's viewed as the main historical center all around the world and displays an extensive view of the Egyptian Civilization through the first experience from ancient times to the modern edge of history. After that follow our guide to The most important part of the museum is the hall where mummies are now exhibited, The mummies of 22 ancient Egyptian kings & queens were paraded through the streets of Cairo to go to their new home in  NMEC on April 3, 2021. Walk through ancient history and see Islamic and Coptic applied arts, you have free time for taking memorable photos and relaxing, at the end of your Half-day trip to the Museum of Civilizations transfer back to your hotel. 

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Pick up services from your hotel & return to Cairo.

All transfers by a private air-conditioned modern vehicle in Cairo.

Entrance fees for all sightseeing mentioned in the above itinerary.

Private English Egyptologist tour guide.

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All taxes & services charges.

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Can we please talk about the Royal Egyptian Mummies Parade today?

Honestly, I was kinda sceptical at first like can they really pull it off and let me tell you THEY ABSOLUTELY DID OH MY GOD!!!!!!

Everything was beautiful; the Cars transferring each mummy along with it's coffin and belongings with the king or queen's name written on the car.

the music and the dances,

THE ORDER everything was done in and the beautiful beautiful museum that the mummies were transferred to!

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

(Sorry I accidentally mixed it up with the Grand Egyptian Museum at first but this is where the mummies are at now)

And have I forgotten to mention how women were given critical roles in this I mean have you seen how breathtaking the singers were? The dancers? Have you seen these queen? ✨

Honestly, this whole event was mind blowing *chef's kiss*.

Hats off to all of the organizers and the people who worked hard and made it possible.

#parade #Egyptian Royal mummies parade #The Egyptian parade 2021 #egypteveryday #Egypt #History #How do I even tag like I literally never wrote a post anywhere but I just couldn't stop myself #I don't even know if anyone's gonna see this #Breathtaking #Museum #amazing women #proud

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Everything You Need to Know About the Star-Studded Pharaohs’ Golden Parade in Egypt

by Zeina Saleh, 3 April 2021

Last night, Egypt hosted one of the most memorable parades in history — the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade.

The event saw the relocation of ancient Egyptian royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s downtown Tahrir, to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Al Fustat.

Here is everything you need to know about the monumental parade:

1. The parade included 22 mummies, 18 of which are kings and four are queens. All 22 date back to the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties.

2. The mummies transferred include Pharaoh Ramses II, Pharaoh Ramses IX, Pharaoh Ramses VI, Pharaoh Ramses V, Pharaoh Seti I, Pharaoh Seqenenre, Pharaoh Thutmose III, Queen Hatshepsut, Queen Meritamen, and Queen Ahmose Nefertari.

3. The mummies will be put into restoration in a laboratory for 15 days, in order to be prepared and intact for installation in their new showcases.

4. The mummies are showcased at the Royal Mummies Hall, which is decorated to mimic the “Valley of the Kings” where their original tombs were placed.

5. The parade also featured various performances by Egyptian artists as well as star-studded appearances starting with Mona Zaki, Hussein Fahmy, Hend Sabri, Ahmed Helmy, Khaled El-Nabawi, Ahmed Ezz, Karim Abdel Aziz, Nelly Karim, Asser Yassin, and Amina Khalil who all appeared in a video highlighting the historical importance of the monumental event.

6. According to the head of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, the museum will be opening its doors to the public on April 4, 2021

7. The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization will be the first museum to be devoted to the entirety of Egyptian civilization.

The museum is split into six thematic galleries that cover the dawn of civilization, the Nile, writing, state and society, material culture, beliefs and thinking, and the gallery of royal mummies.

8. The NMEC is one of UNESCO’s projects to help safeguard and preserve Egypt’s cultural heritage.

9. During the move, the mummies have been placed in special nitrogen-filled boxes to help protect them against external conditions.

Accompanying the mummies were 60 motorcycles and 150 horses.

10. Egypt’s maestro conducted the United Philharmonic Orchestra, which included 120 musicians and 100 singers.

12. Actor Youssra made an appearance at the NMEC, making her entrance on a pharaonic-style boat dressed in ancient Egyptian clothing.

13. Opera singer Amira Selim performed an Egyptian Hieroglyphic song while Mohamed Mounir performed one in commemoration of Egypt’s legacy.

14. A ceremonial 21-gun salute was performed upon the arrival of the royal mummies.

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In show of Pharaonic heritage, Egypt parades royal mummies

Egypt held a gala parade on Saturday celebrating the transport of 22 of its prized royal mummies from central Cairo to their new resting place in a massive new museum further south in the capital.

The ceremony, designed to showcase the country's rich heritage, snaked along the Nile corniche from the Egyptian Museum overlooking Tahrir Square to the newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in the Fustat neighborhood, where Egypt's first Islamic capital was located.

The mummies were being transported in climate-controlled cases loaded onto trucks decorated with wings and pharaonic design for the hour-long journey from their previous home in the older Egyptian Museum. The vehicles were designed to appear like the ancient boats used to carry deceased pharaohs to their tombs. Read more.

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Via the mery of my ankh and Royal Mummies Paraded Through Downtown Cairo In Museum Move : NPR

Twenty-two mummified members of ancient Egyptian royalty passed through downtown Cairo in an awe-inspiring parade on Saturday. The event, which drew fanfare to the country's robust collections of antiquities in an elaborate procession, saw the mummies being relocated from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, about 3 miles away in nearby Fustat.

The spectacle was named The Pharaohs' Golden Parade and comprised 18 kings and four queens, including some of Egypt's most prominent rulers of the past....

The royal figures were transported in vehicles specially rigged to carry the remains and a security motorcade surrounded the convoy. Due to the fragility of the preserved pharaohs, they were placed in nitrogen filled boxes for protection. The roads along the route were even repaved to ensure a smooth relocation.

Officials hope the new museum will be a boon for tourism, a lucrative industry for the country that's taken a big hit over years of political turmoil and recently, the pandemic, according to the BBC. ...

... The mummies' new home will be in the Royal Mummies Hall at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Visitors will be welcomed starting April 18, said a Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities news release.

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Here's what seems to be the best of the edited videos: The Pharaohs' Royal Parade - Full version HD

There were so many ahem wonderful things about this event. The use of the Ancient Egyptian Imperial colors; the boat-iness of the vehicles; the names are on the vehicles in Ancient Egyptian, Arabic, and English; the cool costumes (I don't even care that they're not accurate re: Ancient Egyptian dress!) that were obviously created by people who don't hate women (none of the costumes were ridiculous, nor looked uncomfortable to wear & dance in, and no high heels); the singers' magnificent dresses; the chariots; the twenty-one gun salute; that female musicians were included in the orchestra; the singers turning round to watch the spectacle unfolding on the big screen behind them......

#Egypt #Ancient Egypt #Mummies #Museums #too cool #WELL DONE!!!

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"Some pictures of mummies parade celebrations "

22 royal mummies parade from Egypt Museum in Cairo to the new one at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat .

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"The hieroglyphics song in the mummies parade"

"isis hymn"

It's called the chant of greatness.

Singer Amira Salim, opera singer

-Translation-

"O humans and gods in the mountain.

She's the only lady.

She's the one who gives birth to the day.

She is the lady of the west and the two land men together.

It's a great shepherd's eye in the territories.

It is the one that gives so much to the king of Upper and Lower Egypt".

Ancient Egypt

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Egypt has held a special parade including a full orchestra and a light show as it transferred 22 ancient royal mummies to a new museum in Cairo. Men marched with drums and women carried illuminated parcels as the ceremony got under way. The mummies - 18 kings and four queens - were each transported by road in their own capsule filled with nitrogen to provide protection. The capsules were carried on carts that cradled them and provided stability, Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass said. #Egypt #Cairo #Mummy #King #Queen #History #Ancient #Mummies #Museum #News #WorldNews https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQIL8MBQFd/?igshid=mq1esorezge9

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A little disappointed at the Egyptian royal mummy parade because they didnt accidentally summon an ancient god or reanimate a pharaoh in the process

#in short i had fun #they reanimated my inner egyptologist #egypt #royal mummy parade #royal mummies parade #pharaoh royal golden parade

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Egyptians have been witnessing a historic procession of their country's ancient rulers through the capital, Cairo.

The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle saw 22 mummies - 18 kings and four queens - transported from the peach-coloured, neo-classical Egyptian Museum to their new resting place 5km (three miles) away.

With tight security arrangements befitting their royal blood and status as national treasures, the mummies were relocated to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in what is called The Pharaohs' Golden Parade.

They were transported with great fanfare in chronological order of their reigns - from the 17th Dynasty ruler, Seqenenre Taa II, to Ramses IX, who reigned in the 12th Century BC.

Egypt experienced a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections a year ago, but following a decline in the number of cases and deaths, restrictions on open-air gatherings were later lifted.

One of the main attractions of Saturday's event is King Ramses II, the most famous pharaoh of the New Kingdom, who ruled for 67 years and is remembered for signing the first known peace treaty.

Another is Queen Hatshepsut, or Foremost of Noble Ladies. She became ruler even though the customs of her time were that women did not become pharaohs.

Each mummy was carried on a decorated vehicle fitted with special shock-absorbers and surrounded by a motorcade, including replica horse-drawn war chariots.

While ancient mummification techniques originally preserved the pharaohs, for the move, they have been placed in special nitrogen-filled boxes to help protect them against external conditions.

Roads along the route have also been repaved to keep the journey smooth.

"The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has done its best to make sure that the mummies have been stabilised, conserved, and are packed in a climate-controlled environment," said Salima Ikram, professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo.

The mummies were discovered in 1881 and 1898 in two caches in the ruins of Thebes, Egypt's ancient capital - modern day Luxor in Upper Egypt.

"They have already seen a lot of movement in Cairo and before that in Thebes, where they were moved from their own tombs to other sepulchres for safety," Dr Ikram pointed out.

While most of the ancient rulers' remains were brought from Luxor to Cairo via boat on the Nile, a few were transported in the first-class carriage of a train.

They were housed in the iconic Egyptian Museum and visited by tourists from around the world for the past century.

Valley of the Kings

Egypt's authorities are hoping that the new museum, which opens fully in April, will help revitalise tourism - a prime source of foreign currency for the country.

The industry has been battered by political turbulence over the past decade, and more recently by the pandemic.

Saturday's move of the mummies will be streamed online for all enthusiasts of ancient Egypt to watch.

The new exhibits will now be housed in the Royal Hall of Mummies and will go on display to the general public from 18 April.

The hall has been designed so that visitors will experience the illusion of being in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

Separately, a new Grand Egyptian Museum, which will house the famous Tutankhamun collection, is due to open next year, close to the Great Pyramids at Giza.

'Curse of the pharaohs'

While it is being seen as a grand - and even fun - event, Egypt's mummies have historically been associated with superstition and foreboding.

Recently, Egypt has had a string of disasters.

Last week alone, dozens of people were killed in a train crash in Sohag, Upper Egypt, while at least 18 people died when a building collapsed in Cairo.

Then, as preparations were in full swing to transfer the mummies, the Suez Canal was blocked by the MS Ever Given cargo ship for almost a week.

Social media users have questioned whether the myth of "the curse of the pharaohs" might be to blame.

The ethics of displaying ancient Egyptian mummies has long been debated.

Many Muslim scholars believe that the dead should be treated with dignity and respect, and not be exhibited as curiosities.

In 1980, President Anwar Sadat ordered the Royal Mummy Room at the Egyptian Museum closed, arguing that it desecrated the dead.

He wanted the mummies to be reburied instead, though he did not get his wish.

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Monday, April 5, 2021

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Vaccine passports are latest flash point in COVID politics (AP) Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. They currently exist in only one state—a limited government partnership in New York with a private company—but that hasn’t stopped GOP lawmakers in a handful of states from rushing out legislative proposals to ban their use. Vaccine passports are typically an app with a code that verifies whether someone has been vaccinated or recently tested negative for COVID-19. They are in use in Israel and under development in parts of Europe. But lawmakers around the country are already taking a stand against the idea. “We have constitutional rights and health privacy laws for a reason,” said Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, a Republican. “They should not cease to exist in a time of crisis. These passports may start with COVID-19, but where will they end?” Benninghoff said this week his concern was “using taxpayer money to generate a system that will now be, possibly, in the hands of mega-tech organizations who’ve already had problems with getting hacked and security issues.”

Facebook data on more than 500M accounts found online (AP) Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers. The information appears to be several years old, but it is another example of the vast amount of information collected by Facebook and other social media sites, and the limits to how secure that information is. The availability of the data set was first reported by Business Insider. According to that publication, it has information from 106 countries including phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, and email addresses. Facebook has been grappling with data security issues for years.

In Myanmar, Easter eggs a symbol of defiance for anti-coup protesters (Reuters) Opponents of military rule in Myanmar inscribed messages of protest on Easter eggs on Sunday while others were back on the streets, facing off with the security forces after a night of candle-lit vigils for hundreds killed since a Feb. 1 coup. In the latest in a series of impromptu shows of defiance, messages including “We must win” and “Get out MAH”—referring to junta leader Min Aung Hlaing—were seen on eggs in photographs on social media. Young people in the main city of Yangon handed out eggs bearing the messages of protest, pictures in posts showed.

With Swarms of Ships, Beijing Tightens Its Grip on South China Sea (NYT) The Chinese ships settled in like unwanted guests who wouldn’t leave. As the days passed, more appeared. They were simply fishing boats, China said, though they did not appear to be fishing. Dozens even lashed themselves together in neat rows, seeking shelter, it was claimed, from storms that never came. Not long ago, China asserted its claims on the South China Sea by building and fortifying artificial islands in waters also claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia. Its strategy now is to reinforce those outposts by swarming the disputed waters with vessels, effectively defying the other countries to expel them. The goal is to accomplish by overwhelming presence what it has been unable to do through diplomacy or international law. And to an extent, it appears to be working. “Beijing pretty clearly thinks that if it uses enough coercion and pressure over a long enough period of time, it will squeeze the Southeast Asians out,” said Greg Poling, the director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, which tracks developments in the South China Sea. “It’s insidious.”

Nearly 20 arrested in alleged plot against Jordan’s King Abdullah II (Washington Post) Jordanian authorities on Saturday arrested as many as 20 people and sought to restrain the movement of a former crown prince amid what officials called a threat to the “security and stability” of a country long regarded as a vital U.S. ally in the Middle East. Prince Hamzeh bin Hussein, the eldest son of the late King Hussein and his American-born fourth wife, Queen Noor, was told to remain at his Amman palace amid an investigation into an alleged plot to unseat his older half brother, King Abdullah II, according to a senior Middle Eastern intelligence official briefed on the events. The move followed the discovery of what officials described as a complex and far-reaching plot that included at least one other Jordanian royal as well as tribal leaders and members of the country’s political and security establishment. One official cited unspecified evidence of “foreign” backing for the plan. Biden administration officials were briefed on the arrests, which come at a time of heightened economic and political tension in a country long regarded as a bulwark of stability and an essential partner in U.S.-led counterterrorism operations.

Cairo’s mummies get a new home. And a grand procession on the way. (Washington Post) It was a parade unlike any other this city has seen. A procession of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies streamed Saturday from downtown Cairo, where revolutionaries rose up to topple autocrat Hosni Mubarak a decade ago, to a new museum three miles away that represents Egypt’s future as much as its past. At 8 p.m., the mummies—18 kings and four queens—left the famed ochre-hued Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square, where they had rested for decades. They were each atop specially decorated gold-and-blue-hued vehicles resembling boats. Or perhaps the symbol of a winged sun, an ornament worn by Egypt’s ancient rulers and seen as providing protection. Each of the 22 vehicles was emblazoned with the name of the royal mummy it carried. The multimillion-dollar affair—called the Pharaohs’ Golden Parade—had been promoted for months. Egyptian authorities are seeking to attract tourists, a key source of foreign currency, and alter the course of an economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic, Islamist attacks and political chaos in past years. The highly choreographed ceremony was also a nationalist vehicle to highlight Egypt’s place in history. The nation’s authoritarian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, who himself is often referred to as “a new pharaoh” for his ambitious projects and iron-fisted rule, presided over the ceremony.

Confronting late-stage pandemic burnout (NYT) Like many of us, the writer Susan Orlean is having a hard time concentrating these days. “Good morning to everyone,” she tweeted recently, “but especially to the sentence I just rewrote for the tenth time.” “I feel like I’m in quicksand,” she explained by phone from California, where she has been under quasi-house arrest for the last year. “I’m just so exhausted all the time. I’m doing so much less than I normally do—I’m not traveling, I’m not entertaining, I’m just sitting in front of my computer—but I am accomplishing way less. It’s like a whole new math. I have more time and fewer obligations, yet I’m getting so much less done.” Call it a late-pandemic crisis of productivity, of will, of enthusiasm, of purpose. Whatever you call it, it has left many of us feeling like burned-out husks, dimwitted approximations of our once-productive selves. “Malaise, burnout, depression and stress—all of those are up considerably,” said Todd Katz, executive vice president and head of group benefits at MetLife. The company’s most recent Employee Benefit Trends Study, conducted in December and January, found that workers across the board felt markedly worse than they did last April. The study was based in part on interviews with 2,651 employees. In total, 34 percent of respondents reported feeling burned out, up from 27 percent last April. Twenty-two percent said they were depressed, up from 17 percent last April, and 37 percent said they felt stressed, up from 34 percent.

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