Crowns

Back to home page Back to group Ancient Egyptian Crowns Egyptian pharaohs wore many different crowns. They all had their own unique looks. The main crowns of Ancient Egypt were the Red Crown, the White Crown, the Double Crown, and the Blue Crown. All of the crowns had their own meanings. They all looked different and were made out of different materials. Ancient Egyptian Crowns were very unique. The Red Crown was one of the earliest Egyptian crowns. Its Egyptian name is Deshret. **The Red Crown was the crown of Lower Egypt.** The Red Crown was easily recognizable. It had a very different look. It had a curly red wire sticking out from the side that represented the proboscis of the Honey Bee, it was very tall and red, the whole crown represented a honeybee, and it had a snake on the front. The Egyptian goddess Neith often wore the Red Crown. No Red Crowns have ever been recovered. The **White Crown** was the most important crown. It **was the crown of Upper Egypt**. Its Egyptian name was Hedjet. The White Crown was associated with nisut, the normal word for king. The White crown was also a primary symbol of kingship. The White Crown had a very plain look. It was tall, white, and it had a small snake on the front. The White Crown was very important. The **Double Crown** was one of the latest crowns made. It **was created when Lower and Upper Egypt were united**. The Double Crown’s Egyptian name was Pschent, which meant “The Two Powerful Ones”. Horus, the Egyptian god of the sky wore the Double Crown. Also, Menes designed the double crown.The Double Crown is a combination of the Red and White Crowns. The Double Crown was a symbol of unity. The Blue Crown was also known as the War Crown. Pharaohs wore the Blue Crown when they were in battle, therefore taking the name War Crown. The Blue Crown was easily identifiable, it was much smaller than the other crowns,it was made of blue cloth or leather, it was considered a headdress, and it was decorated with bronze or gold discs. The Blue Crown became blue because it was the most prestigious color from the eighteenth dynasty on. The Blue Crown was worn by both kings and gods. The Nemes Headdress is the crown most the most famous crown. It is usually depicted in pictures of Ramses the II and Tutankhamen. The Sphinx has a Nemes Headdress on his head. A pharaoh usually wears the Nemes Headdress when represented as the Sphinx or a falcon. The Nemes headdress looked nothing like the other crowns. It had blue and gold stripes, it had two flaps that covered the pharaoh’s shoulders, and covered the pharaoh’s neck. The Nemes Headdress was the most depicted headdress. Ancient Egyptian Crowns are very interesting. They are all very different from one another. They were all worn by different pharaohs and gods. The crowns were very important because normal people were not allowed to see a pharaoh’s hair, and made the pharaohs easily recognizable. All Ancient Egyptian Crowns had a purpose and meaning. They were all important.

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