Welshhist0rian

 Okay, so this is not a 'light' topic of discussion in this blog. It is a topic that I have wanted to write about for a while now, and I thought that this was the right time to do so.  To introduce myself, my name is Emma and I am a graduate. I completed my BA in History at Aberystwyth University in 2019, and my MA in Modern History in September 2020. I graduated with a 2:2 for my BA and I received a merit for my MA in December 2020. During the 'beginning' of the pandemic here in the U.K *dating to around mid-March 2019* I was faced with completing multiple assignments which included a few 3,000-word essays, as well as a 15,000-word dissertation (I wrote about the commemoration of Chartists on a local and national level, or in other words on a Welsh/British scale).  This was a difficult situation as myself, and many *many* students found to be the case, without the help of our University libraries this task was almost impossible.       So fast-forward ...

Jumping straight into this blog post, it has been a wonderful week for Egyptian history!  The Pharaoh's Golden Parade Firstly, On the 3rd April 2021, there was a live stream that was broadcast (I will attempt to attach the URL to the English live stream I watched below) which showed the movement of eighteen kings and four queens of Egypt from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC). The spectacle saw music from the United Philharmonic Orchestra with traditional instruments as well as those that are more 'common', with short clips describing some of the historic sites of Egypt, and dancers in costume dancing at locations including:  * The Giza Pyramids Plateau  * The Grand Egyptian Museum * Deir El Bahari Temple, Luxor The 22 Kings and Queens were transported in chronological order to their new resting place, find King Ramesses II pictured below:  *To make this clear, this is NOT my image, I got it from here:  https:/...