Description

THE EMPIRE OF THE SUN 

QUEEN TAIA

The design of the dress is inspired by the design vocabulary of the prevailing appearance of the god “Aten” during the flourishing period of the arts of the “Tel el-Amarna” region – “Akhet Aten” at the time. The appearance in which the god “Aton” is depicted in the form of a sun disk with rays extend-ing with powers. This is demonstrated through the use of the idol “Aten” as a decorative unit on the top of the waist for the dress, in addition to the crown of the statue of Queen “Nefertiti” located in the Museum of “Berlin”. is known that King Akhenaten, husband of Queen Nefertiti, was the first to call for the one-ness of worship under the sovereignty of the god Aten, and subsequently built a new city to rule, Akhet Aten. This dress included copper units coated with a layer of gold, as gold is a physical embodiment of the sun rays of the idol “Aton” in ancient, and from it came its relationship with the life forces of the sun, in addition to the use of the white color of the dress because it represents the manifestations of life.