Crowns of Egypt

Crowns of Egypt
The crowns of ancient Egypt represent the powers of deities and rulers. Forms of crown include:
Name

Components

Worn by

In art

Hedjet with
Osiris
ostrich feathers
Atef
Osiris from the tomb of Nefertari (12951255 BC)

Deshret
(Red Crown)

pharaohs of
Lower Egypt
and the desert
uraeus
Red Land;
(rearing cobra)
the deities
Horus, Wadjet
and Neith

vulture

Lionslayer, New Kingdom (dynasties
19-20), ostracon

pharaohs of
Upper Egypt;
the deities Horus
and Nekhbet

Hedjet
(White Crown)
Ahmose I or Amunhotep I (Dynasty 18,
1539-1493 BC)

uraeus
Khepresh
(Blue Crown or War Crown)

New Kingdom
pharaohs
in battle and
ceremonies

Tutankhamun

Deshret and
Hedjet;
uraeus and
vulture
Pschent, Greek ψχεντ,
Egyptian sḫm.tỉ, sekhemti
(Double Crown)
See also
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Crown of justification
Radiant crown
Modius (headdress)

pharaohs, and
their Horus

Ptolemy VI Philometor (3rd–2nd
century BC), engraving on a ring