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Tahrir Square Mural Painted Over After Dispute Over Black Depiction of Tutankhamun and Nefertiti
A 66-metre mural in Cairo's Tahrir Square, painted for Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit, was whitewashed hours before his arrival after it depicted Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin. The row has reignited a long-running dispute over Afrocentric claims about the race of ancient Egyptians, with critics calling the assertions pseudoscience and questioning the role of AI-generated designs.
