Egypt holds spectacular parade transporting 22 mummies of its most famous pharaohs to museum

Egypt held a spectacular parade to transport 22 mummies of its most famous pharaohs from central Cairo to their new resting place at a museum. The ceremony snaked along the Nile corniche from the Egyptian Museum overlooking Tahrir Square to the newly opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, Cairo, where Egypt’s first Islamic … Read more

Firefighters begin grim task of transporting coronavirus dead to makeshift mortuary

Firefighters begin grim task of transporting coronavirus dead from overwhelmed hospitals to a makeshift mortuary in industrial park that can hold up to 1,000 bodies Bodies being taken from hospitals in Greater Manchester to a special mortuary The new mortuary in Trafford can hold up to 1,000 bodies in an industrial park It opened on Monday and is … Read more