# News clip: the Pharaohs' Golden Parade in Cairo, and the Amenhotep III theory

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/2/
- Date: 2021-04-06 · Kind: other · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #209 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (8:14–12:37)
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ85AUzeK5w&t=494s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/

**Topics:** The ancient Near East and scripture

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** A news clip on the Pharaohs' Golden Parade in Cairo, with Mufti Abu Layth recalling his discussion of whether Amenhotep III may have been Sulayman.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth plays a news report on the procession of twenty-two royal mummies, among them Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari, from Cairo's Egyptian Museum to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, describing the security operation, the dignitaries including the head of UNESCO, and the claims of some that an ancient curse lay behind recent disasters such as the Suez Canal blockage. He remarks on the pharaohs appearing on the streets again thousands of years after their deaths. He recalls that the previous week he discussed whether Amenhotep III may have been Sulayman, says several people contacted him about the theory, and calls it food for thought. A short musical interlude follows.

## Sources and names cited

- the Pharaohs' Golden Parade (Cairo, 2021)
- Ramesses II
- Amenhotep III
- Sulayman (Solomon)

## Transcript (machine tier, 8:14–12:37)

[7:48] you know, whether they're Salifi or other kind of reformist groups. Uh, a lot of that really that kind of discussion, an egalitarian approach between men and women and there was a lot there was about as well. We spoke about the Sharia um and also a bit on process theology. So, do check that out people. Check it out.

[8:14] Right. So, what else has been going on? What else has been going on around the world? Those of you that don't know. Ah, that's better. Those of you that don't know successful in life with all the fan was a pharaoh parade. He said you don't get in life what you get in life practice seen in recent years only quality traveling in individual vehicles bedcked in ancient Egyptian style the mummified royals 22 of them in all were moved from

[8:53] Cairo's Egyptian museum in square they moved through the capital street new location a state at the art facility called [clears throat] the national museum of ancient civilization where they were greeted by a concert from the Cairo Philarmonic featuring famous singers and then received by the Egyptian president. Look at that. Check him out.

[9:18] The pharaohs are the stuff of legend and include Aman Hotep the first, Ramsey's II, Ramsey's III, and Queen Nefitar. But these were some of the key figures that were together. You've got the curators who normally move these things without the world watching and prepare objects to travel around the world. But then you've got a spectacle that needs to be put on. So the logistics behind it were very complex.

[9:44] You can imagine a very long time pulled it off. It's got the spectacle but we also felt that everything was done safely. Wow. The security operation was a mammoth undertaking. Streets were closed and Cairo brought to a standstill. The event, which lasted around 2 hours, was attended by various dignitaries, including the director general of UNESCO, the UN's World Heritage Organization.

[10:12] Once the mummies arrived at their new resting place, they [music] are to be put into restoration in a lab for 15 days and readed for display quarantine. But there are a minority who mutter darkly [music] about an ancient curse. Legend [clears throat] has it that cursed will be the ones that move the mummies. They say the sewers canal blockage disturbing global markets, two trains colliding with each other, a garment factory blaze, and a residential building collapse all came after the announcement of the pharaoh's golden parade.

[10:43] [groaning and screaming] But the ancient curse hasn't stopped the pharaohs once again appearing on the streets of Egypt. Thousands of years after you have passed from this world, you appear again on the very streets. Allah Allah paraded like that. I have to say last week I was speaking about Ammon Hotep III um and whether he may be Sulman Ali Salam um or not and that's a very fascinating discussion.

[11:18] I did have a lot of I had a few several people kind of reach out to me after that. Uh really thoroughly enjoyed um that theory and you know it's it's food for thought. It kind of thoughtprovoking. So but yeah then you had this I thought I had to kind of speak about that but yes so moving to you m as always shall we begin in the beginning people a bit of a bit of why not why notiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiurah

[12:01] Shlok. [music] [music] Wow.

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment zZ85AUzeK5w/s/2. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zz85auzek5w/s/2/

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