WorldPingRow erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin
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Artwork created in Tahrir Square for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about pharaohs’ origins On the eve of the Chinese president Xi Jinping’s state visit to Cairo last month, the…
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- Reported by The Guardian and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:55:42 UTC.
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