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that is dr monica hanna at aswan in egypt.tourism in the west country. then rich is, like me, a west country boy at heart. jiras up and tell us that although you are might be stuck out here in the east in the cold and loud, it is bright and sunnier addressed. you know what? i may as well not here because it is sunnier at rest today and this picture, conveniently enough, and we have discussed this, is an overhead view ofjuror in cornwall, where it has been a pretty decent day today. some other pictures around the country, fort william in the highlands of scotland, beautiful blue skies overhead, but have a look at cleethorpes on the east coast, claudia and as a consequence colder so far today. this is confirmation, if you like, the satellite picture. you can see all that cloud towards the east, brighter skies north and west, although the final. and staying pretty cloudy and breezy for the afternoon and some of those eastern coastal counties of england as well where we keep the cloud and breeze, it is going to feel quite chilly,

dr monica hanna is an egyptologist and the acting dean of the college of archaeology and cultural heritage in the 21st—century, but they have been moved previously because they were discovered in luxor and then they took a boat to cairo. they were first at the bulaq museum. then they were moved to the giza museum. to a tomb and then the cairo museum in 1937, and now they are moved to hopefully their final destination at the national museum of egyptian civilisation. i think they are still in temperature and climate controlled cases, they are being moved in the cases. the bodies are not interacting with the atmosphere. they have also levelled the roads, so they would not have any bumps or any problems going around and again this is not the first move for the royal mummies. they have moved before and even we have the mummy of king ramesses ii travelled to france because it needed conservation labs there, so it is not impossible to move them. it is... ..the first time we do itjust in the 21st—century. now — the work hasn't slowed down for the police during the pandemic — but the force in charn

here to tell us more is egyptologist dr monica hanna whojoins us now from cairo. public during the ceremony for a feed of covid—19. people _ ceremony for a feed of covid—19. people were cheating them from their balconies, _ people were cheating them from their balconies, they were ululating. and trobabl balconies, they were ululating. fific probably something we balconies, they were ululating. el“i:r. probably something we have balconies, they were ululating. elilr. probably something we have been messing and craving over the past year. just explain how much these monies mean to egyptians? —— these mummies. monies mean to egyptians? -- these mummies. , ., monies mean to egyptians? -- these mummies. , . ., ., mummies. they are important to them because the interactive _ mummies. they are important to them because the interactive with _ mummies. they are important to them because the interactive with the - because the interactive with the past — because the interactive with the past... egyptology started as a colonialist activity because it was started _ colonialist