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Painted Over Before Xi Landed: The Cairo Mural That Reignited Egypt's Ancient Identity War
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Painted Over Before Xi Landed: The Cairo Mural That Reignited Egypt's Ancient Identity War

A 66-metre mural of Tutankhamun and Nefertiti in Cairo's Tahrir Square — designed with AI and painted by youth volunteers for Xi Jinping's state visit — was hastily painted over after critics said its dark-skinned pharaohs revived Afrocentric claims about ancient Egypt.

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