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Life-size Chariots and Mini Mummies

Egyptian replica factory brings historical artefacts home in a factory near Cairo, a man hunches over a bust of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti, carefully dabbing with a paintbrush.Next door, two men inspect a life-size replica of the pharaoh Tutankhamun’s famed golden chariot. These experts in the restoration of artefacts sometimes thousands of years old have turned their skills to creating new products for a government initiative to fill Egypt’s gift shops with locally made souvenirs. The...