Amun Atef Cow Horns Four Horns Four Feathers

Khepresh Lunar Disk and Crescent Nemes Pschent / Double Crown Red / Deshret

Triple Atef Crown / Hemhem / Mandulis Two Feathers / Double Feather White / Hedjet

Amun Crown Double, tall feathers, sometimes consisting of 24 palettes each Sometimes a sun disk and/or uraei are added. Worn by Amen /Amun/ Amon/ Amen-Re/ Amon-Ra/ Amon-Re Sometimes worn by a king. See illustration on The Virtual Egyptian Museum and The Virtual Egyptian Museum: King Horemheb as Amun-Re Illustration: Karnak Abu Simbel

Atef-crown The white crown of Upper Egypt (Hedjet), flanked with red ostrich feathers for the Osiris cult Woven from plant stems. Sometimes worn with uraei and sun disks. Variation: Triple Atef crown below. Illustration on Egyptian Dreams Worn by Osiris, Ra-Herakhty, Nekheb See illustration on Tour Egypt and Metropolitan Museum of Art: Head of Osiris wearing Atef Crown and The Virtual Egyptian Museum Left illustration: Ptolomy XII - Edfu Horus Temple Right illustration: Head of Osiris wearing Atef-Crown - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Kom Ombo Temple Soffit Display Sign in the Valley of Kings

Cow Horns Crown Hathor is commonly depicted as a cow goddess with head horns in which is set a sun disk with Uraeus. Except for information on cartouches, it is difficult to distinguish between Hathor and Isis who both wear The Cow Horn Crown. See illustration on The Virtual Egyptian Museum: Queen as Isis-Hathor nursing Illustration: Sun and moon disks - Kom Ombo Temple Sun disk - Kom Ombo Temple

Four Feathers crown Illustration: Sekhmet - Kom Ombo Temple

Four Horns Crown Illustration: Sekhmet - Kom Ombo Temple

Khepresh Blue helmet-like crown. Came during dynasty 18 and was worn by kings and the god Amon. See color drawing

Lunar Disk and Crescent See 3 illustraions on Khonsu Ibis-headed Thoth - Kom Ombo Horus - Karnak temple Complex Isis - Philae Temple of Isis

Nemes Headdress "The striped headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt. It covered the whole crown and back of the head and nape of the neck (sometimes also extending a little way down the back) and had two large flaps which hung down behind the ears and in front of both shoulders. It was sometimes combined with the double crown." - Wikipedia: Nemes (includes illustrations) In the illustration at right, Pharaoh Ramses II wears the nemes headdress on his head under the crown: from his forehead rises the Uraeus, the portrayal of the goddess Uadjet, who, in the form of a cobra, protected the king. The king wears the nemes when represented as a sphinx or falcon. See illustration on Metropolitan Museum of Art: Finial with Nemes and Tour Egypt Illustration: Luxor Temple Giza Horus - Kom Ombo Temple Horus - Kom Ombo Temple 2 images Horus wearing Pschent and Nemes - Kom Ombo Temple Display Sign in the Valley of Kings

Pschent / Double Crown (PA skent, pskent) The pharaoh was "King of Upper and Lower Egypt." This double kingship was expressed in the Pschent, the double crown combining 1. The Red Crown of Lower Egypt (Deshret) and 2. The White Crown of Upper Egypt (Hedjet). The Red Crown of Lower Egypt, known as the deshret, was a round, flat-topped hat that extended down the back of the neck and had a tall section that projected upward from the back side. From the base of the projection a thin reed curled up and forward, ending in a spiral. The White Crown of Upper Egypt, known as the hedjet, was a white helmet that was shaped much like half a football with a stretched out, rounded end. It also had a coiled uraeus, or sacred hooded cobra, just above the forehead. The Pschent bore two animal emblems: 1. An Egyptian cobra, known as the Uraeus, ready to strike, which symbolized the Lower Egyptian goddess Wadjet 2. An Egyptian vulture representing the Upper Egyptian tutelary goddess Nekhbet. These were fastened to the front of the Pschent and referred to as the Two Ladies. Later, the vulture head sometimes was replaced by a second cobra. mong the deities sometimes depicted wearing the Double Crown are Horus and Atum, both representing the pharaoh or having a special relationship to the pharaoh. As is the case with the Deshret and the Hedjet Crowns, no Pschent has survived. It is known only from statuary, depictions, and inscriptions. Top and bottom illustrations at right: Ancient Egypt 101 Upper right illustration: Pschent, including double ostrich or falcon feathers and ram's horns - Horus Temple at Edfu Ramses II wearing Pschent and Nemes - Luxor Temple Osiris pillars with white crown of Upper Egypt - Abu Simbel Temple Kom Ombo Temple Kom Ombo Temple Color Kom Ombo Temple Soffit Kom Ombo Temple Horus wears 2 different crowns Horus & Hathor - Edfu Horus Temple Horus - Edfu Horus Temple Display Sign in the Valley of Kings See also: Metropolitan Museum of Art: Funerary Guardian Figure wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt

Red Crown / Deshret: The pharaoh was "King of Upper and Lower Egypt." This double kingship was expressed in the Pschent, the double crown combining 1. The Red Crown of Lower Egypt (Deshret) and 2. The White Crown of Upper Egypt (Hedjet). Illustration: Ancient Egypt 101 Karnak Temple Complex

Triple Atef / Hemhem / Mandulis Crown Triple Rush Crown set on long spiral ram's horns and flanked with ostrich feathers, often with a Uraeus (cobra) on either side, each surmounted by a solar disk. Frequently combined with the Nemes. The name of the crown means "scream" or "war cry." Worn by Mandulis, sun god of Lower Nubia; related to Horus For illustrations on other websites, see WNYSinger and Wikimedia Commons and Artyfactory (color) and Artyfactory (black & white) and Eternal Egypt and The Virtual Egyptian Museum Illustration: Kom Ombo Temple Thoth - Edfu Horus Temple Sobel - Kom Ombo Temple Pharaoh - Philae Tempole of Isis

Two Feathers / Double Feathers Crown Another headdress, known as the Double Feathers Crown and principally called swty (The Two Feathers) by the ancient Egyptians, may have a pair of ostrich or falcon feathers. Usually combined with ram horns, may be adorned with additional Uraeuses and sun disks The feathers also adorn gods such as Amun, Min and Montu. Like a number of other crowns, the Double Feathers, usually combined with ram horns, may be adorned with additional Uraeuses and disks from the New Kingdom on. See illustration on another website: Tour Egypt Illustration: Sobel - Kom Ombo Temple Abu Simbel Goddess - Kom Ombo Temple

White Crown / Hedjet: The pharaoh was "King of Upper and Lower Egypt." This double kingship was expressed in the Pschent, the double crown combining 1. The Red Crown of Lower Egypt (Deshret) and 2. The White Crown of Upper Egypt (Hedjet). Illustration: Horus - Edfu Horus temple Abu Simbel Kom Ombo Temple Pschent and Hedjet crowns

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