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Samurais in Egypt: the Image that Seems False but Is Not

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World, 15 Mar 2026 (ATB Digital).- In 1864, several Japanese samurai were photographed in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza. The scene is disconcerting even today: warriors of feudal Japan, with their traditional swords, posing before a millenary monument of the Egyptian desert. At first glance, the scene may seem unlikely, especially in our era of artificial intelligence and false images. However, far from being a fabricated rarity, that snapsh…
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World, 15 Mar 2026 (ATB Digital).- In 1864, several Japanese samurai were photographed in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza. The scene is disconcerting even today: warriors of feudal Japan, with their traditional swords, posing before a millenary monument of the Egyptian desert. At first glance, the scene may seem unlikely, especially in our era of artificial intelligence and false images. However, far from being a fabricated rarity, that snapsh…

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ATB Digital broke the news in on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
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