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Row erupts over Cairo mural depicting Tutankhamun and Nefertiti with dark skin

· By Hanaa Hammad in Cairo
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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

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