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Opening tomorrow, the “Discovering Ancient Egypt” exhibition at the museum has been billed as an exhibition with a difference, as it takes a close-up and personal look at how ancient Egyptians lived and died, reports HELEN MUSA.

"Discovering Ancient Egypt”, coming soon to the National Museum, is an exhibition with a difference, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.

In a Dutch museum the sound of hip-hop blares out next to sarcophagi and statues, in what curators say is an attempt to show the influence of ancient Egypt on black musicians.The exhibition had two aims, it added -- to "show and understand the depiction of ancient Egypt and the messages in music by black artists" and to "show what scientific, Egyptological research can tell us about ancient Egypt and Nubia."

In a Dutch museum the sound of hip-hop blares out next to sarcophagi and statues, in what curators say is an attempt to show the influence of ancient Egypt on black musicians.

The exhibition "Kemet Egypt in hip-hop, jazz, soul & funk" in Leiden seeks "to show and understand the depiction of ancient Egypt and the messages in music by black artists". Egyptian authorities says it desires to assimilate their historical heritage with U.S. black culture.

The nation revoked a Dutch museum’s excavation permits over an exhibition of Black musicians inspired by Ancient Egypt that it accused of “falsifying history.”

Americans cheer blackwashing history, other cultures don't.

The museum shows the influence of ancient Egypt and Nubia on musicians from the African diaspora, but Egyptian authorities consider it Afrocentric and accuse the institution of falsifying history

Egypt criticises Dutch museum over exhibition showcasing stars such as Beyonce and Rihanna as ancient Egyptians

Egypt has banned Dutch archaeologists from entering the country after a museum exhibition portrayed black singers, performers and musicians as the rulers of ancient Egypt. The exhibition at the Dutch...