Nefertiti
Akhenaten's royal consort
Nefertiti was an Egyptian queen of the 14th century BCE, wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten.
She is famous for an iconic painted limestone bust discovered in 1912, now in Berlin, which has made her face one of the most recognized images from ancient Egypt.
The name means "the beautiful one has come."
Germany's largest city
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- paintedCoated with pigment
- workshopPlace for making or learning
portrait · museum · iconic · polychrome · symmetry · crown · artifact · discovery
Most powerful chess piece
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- AkhenatenSun-disk-worshipping Egyptian monarch
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- reignSovereign's time in power
throne · consort · sovereignty · monarch · coronation · court · palace · royal
Act of going missing
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- unknownNot yet discovered
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- mummyEmbalmed, wrapped ancient body
speculation · fate · death · lost · undiscovered · DNA · theories · identity
Refined, graceful quality
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- radianceGlowing luminous quality
allure · timeless · refinement · poise · aesthetics · ideal · epitome · feminine
Ancient city, two locations
- LuxorEgyptian city of ruins
- NileAfrica's longest river
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
pyramids · Karnak · Tutankhamun · Hatshepsut · Ramses · sarcophagus · temples · obelisk
Sun-disk-worshipping Egyptian monarch
- monotheismBelief in one god
- religious reformSpiritual institution restructuring
- hereticChallenger of official doctrine
- royal citySeat of monarchy
Berlin
Germany's largest city
workshop · portrait · museum · iconic · polychrome · symmetry · crown · artifact · discovery · repatriation
queen
Most powerful chess piece
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- AkhenatenSun-disk-worshipping Egyptian monarch
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
reign · throne · consort · sovereignty · monarch · coronation · court · palace · royal · regent
disappearance
Act of going missing
mummy · speculation · fate · death · lost · undiscovered · DNA · theories · identity · remains
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
radiance · allure · timeless · refinement · poise · aesthetics · ideal · epitome · feminine · striking
Thebes
Ancient city, two locations
- LuxorEgyptian city of ruins
- NileAfrica's longest river
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
papyrus · pyramids · Karnak · Tutankhamun · Hatshepsut · Ramses · sarcophagus · temples · obelisk · mummification
Akhenaten
Sun-disk-worshipping Egyptian monarch
- monotheismBelief in one god
- religious reformSpiritual institution restructuring
- hereticChallenger of official doctrine
- StatuesStatue of Liberty, David, The Thinker, Venus de Milo, Christ the Redeemer
- Middle Eastern FiguresSaladin, Nasser, Yasser Arafat, Arafat, Anwar Sadat
- Ancient WomenSappho, Cleopatra, Aspasia, Helen of Troy, Boudicca
- AmarnaAkhenaten, Tutankhamun, royal tomb, royal tombs, royal family
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
Nefertitislave
Owned human, forced laborer
bondservant · commoner · peasant · serf · subjugated