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  2. Hedjet - Wikipedia

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    Hedjet (Ancient Egyptian: π“Œ‰π“π“‹‘, romanized: αΈ₯ḏt, lit. 'White One') is the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt . After the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt , it was combined with the Deshret , the Red Crown of Lower Egypt , to form the Pschent , the double crown of Egypt.

  3. Pschent - Wikipedia

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    It combined the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt and the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt. The Pschent represented the pharaoh 's power over all of unified Egypt. [ 2 ] It bore two animal emblems: an Egyptian cobra , known as the uraeus , ready to strike, which symbolized the Lower Egyptian goddess Wadjet ; and a vulture representing the Upper ...

  4. Crowns of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Some Egyptologists have speculated that the Hedjet was made out of leather, felt, or some other fabric. [14] Another possibility is that it was woven like a basket, as the Deshret (Red crown) is known to have been, of plant fiber. A Hedjet with Nekhbet the Vulture goddess next to the head of the cobra goddess is the symbol used to represent the ...

  5. Upper and Lower Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Hapi tying the papyrus and reed plants in the sema tawy symbol for the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. The union of Upper and Lower Egypt is depicted by knotted papyrus and reed plants. The binding motif represents both harmony through linkage and domination through containment. The duality is an important part of royal iconography.

  6. Deshret - Wikipedia

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    It was red bowl shaped with a protruding curlicue (possibly symbolising the proboscis or sting of the honey bee). When combined with the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Egypt, it forms the Pschent (Double Crown), in ancient Egyptian called the sekhemti. The Red Crown in Egyptian language hieroglyphs eventually was used as the vertical letter "n".

  7. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks

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    The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias. (Holding the mouse pointer on the hyperlink will pop up a summary of the symbol's function.); The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it;

  8. What Does That Symbol on 'Yellowjackets' Mean?

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    What does the symbol mean? This is where it gets juicy. So far, the show hasn’t offered any explanation, but has only presented the symbol with sinister connotations. That hasn’t stopped the ...

  9. Atef - Wikipedia

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    Atef (Ancient Egyptian: π“„Ώπ“π“†‘π“‹š, 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.