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The Forum: Nefertiti: The beguiling Egyptian Queen

Nefertiti bust in Berlin

30/01/2020 GMT

Nefertiti: The beguiling Egyptian Queen

BBC World Service - The Forum, Nefertiti: The beguiling Egyptian Queen

The story behind the beautiful bust and the powerful woman it represents

The story behind the beautiful bust and the powerful woman it represents.

A mysterious Egyptian Queen who lived more than 3,000 years ago, Nefertiti still dazzles the modern imagination. Once the wife of a Pharaoh, she might have faded into obscurity, but for the 1912 discovery of an extraordinary bust of her wearing a distinctive flat-topped crown, which captured her very modern beauty and made her into a global celebrity.

Joining Bridget Kendall to discuss the story of Queen Nefertiti are Tarek Tawfik, Associate Professor of Egyptology at Cairo University and former Director General of the Grand Egyptian Museum Project; Christian Loeben, curator of the Egyptian and Islamic Collections at the Museum August Kestner in Hannover, Germany; And Joyce Tyldesley, Reader in Egyptology at the University of Manchester, and author of Nefertiti’s Face: The Creation of an Icon.

Produced by Jo Impey for BBC World Service

(Image Credit: Oliver Lang / DDP / AFP / Getty Images)

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