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

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Artwork created in Tahrir Square<strong> </strong>for Chinese president’s state visit to Egypt is painted over amid allegations it revived Afrocentric claims about pharaohs’ origins

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Section: Global development
By: Guardian staff reporter
Published: Oct 2, 2026, 8:55 AM UTC
Updated: Oct 7, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC

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Cairo

Capital and largest city of Egypt

Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate. It is home to more than 9.8 million people. The city is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world, and the Middle East. The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is one of the largest in the world by population with over 22 million people. Areas of what would become Cairo were inhabited from pre-dynastic and early-dynastic ancient Egypt c. 6000 years ago, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are today within the city.

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