The daughters of the sun

November 27, 2025 – Museo Egizio
Sala dei Mappamondi, Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, Turin

An ethical jewelry journey where artisanal creations interpret and give shape to the qualities and personalities of the six daughters of Pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti: Merytaton, Maketaton, Ankhesenpaaton, Neferneferuaten Tasherit, Neferneferura, and Setepenra.

A journey that allows us to rediscover an era, but also symbolic qualities that are present in each of us, ultimately revealing which jewel best expresses who we are and what we wish to share about ourselves.

The daughters of the sun

An artistic journey of ethical jewellery

If you were to ask someone which places are the most mysterious on the planet, Egypt would certainly be mentioned without hesitation. Just think of the Pyramids of Giza, with their perfect geometries shrouded in mystery, as it is still unclear how they could have been built with the tools available at the time.

It was in this land that, in the 14th century BC, Amenhotep IV became pharaoh, later taking the name Akhenaten to embody the living spirit of Aten and to honor the Sun as the one and only God.

From the six daughters, some symbolic qualities can be inferred from their depictions, their names, a few writings, and the roles they had or are believed to have embodied.

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Via Accademia delle Scienze 6, Turin

Sala dei Mappamondi

It is said Palazzo dell’Accademia delle Scienze and one immediately thinks of the Museo Egizio, which for some time now—especially after its expansion—occupies much of the building. In reality, the structure, one of the few with an imposing brick façade (like the nearby Palazzo Carignano and the more distant Quartieri Militari, all built between the 17th and 18th centuries), was constructed under the regency of Maria Giovanna Battista of Savoy-Nemours as a Jesuit college for young aristocrats. Then, in 1773, the Jesuit Order was suppressed and the Palace was handed over to the newly founded Academy of Sciences, which still occupies one of its wings.