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Hemhem crown was an ancient Egyptian ceremonial headgear. The hemhem crown consisted of three atefs (which may be called a triple atef [2]), two uraei, two ram's horns, and three to six solar disks. The first appearance of the hemhem crown is during the reign of Akhenaten in the 14th century BC, appearing as an alternative to the atef crown ...
The Hemhem crown was an ornate triple Atef with corkscrew sheep horns and usually two Uraeus. The Egyptian word "Hemhem" means "to shout," "cry out," possibly indicating that the Hemhem crown represented a battle horn.
The two horns of the Hemhem crown have been related to the name "Dhu al-Qarnayn ". In modern times, some Muslim scholars have argued in favour of Dhu al-Qarnayn being actually Cyrus the Great , the founder of the Achaemenid Empire and conqueror of Persia and Babylon.
Heka, depicted wearing a Hemhem crown and sidelock, carrying a crook and flail and ankh. Name in hieroglyphs: Egyptian: ḥk3w. or. Major cult centre: Esna: Genealogy ...
Atef (Ancient Egyptian: 𓄿𓏏𓆑𓋚, romanized: ꜣtf) is the specific feathered white crown of the ancient Egyptian deity Osiris. It combines the Hedjet, the white crown of Upper Egypt, with curly ostrich feathers on each side of the crown for the Osiris cult. The feathers are identified as ostrich from their curl or curve at the upper ...
This crown continued to evolve during the early Eighteenth Dynasty, attaining its best-known form in the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. [8] After Amenhotep III 's reign – and particularly during the 18th and 19th Dynasties – it came into fashion and was even adopted by some pharaohs as a primary crown.
Crown of justification on an encaustic Fayum mummy portrait with the name Isidora ("gifts of Isis") given in Greek (100-110 CE). In ancient Egyptian religion, the crown of justification (mꜣḥ n mꜣꜥ ḫrw [1]) was a wreath or fillet worn by the deceased to represent victory over death in the afterlife.
The pschent (/pskʰént/; Greek ψχέντ) was the double crown worn by rulers in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians generally referred to it as Pa-sekhemty (pꜣ-sḫm.ty), the Two Powerful Ones, from which the Greek term is derived. [1] It combined the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt and the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt.