The National Museum of Dutch Antiquity in Leiden, Netherlands, has been accused of falsifying history. The exhibition shows the influence of ancient Egypt and Nubia on musicians from the African diaspora.

According to the Egyptian Antiquities Service, it is an Afrocentric approach and a case of cultural appropriation. As a result, it has banned the museum from further excavating at the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo. The controversy is similar to that over the choice of a black actress, Adele James, to play Queen Cleopatra in a Netflix docudrama.