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Before Tutankhamun's tomb was found in 1922, this Golden Uraeus was the only ornament ever known to be worn by an entombed pharaoh, and it was thought that it was passed to the next pharaoh. The Golden Uraeus is of solid gold, 6.7 cm (2.6 in), black eyes of granite , a snake head of deep ultramarine lapis lazuli , the flared cobra hood of dark ...
Regalia of the Pharaoh. Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his regalia, the headdress, the pschent, the false beard and the uraeus. The Regalia of the Pharaoh or Pharaoh's attributes are the symbolic objects of royalty in ancient Egypt (crowns, headdresses, scepters). In use between 3150 and 30 BC, these attributes were specific to pharaohs, but also to ...
Nemes, striped head cloth (crown as determinative) in hieroglyphs. Nemes in hieroglyphs. Nemes (/ ˈnɛmɛʃ /) consisted of pieces of striped head cloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt. [ 1 ] It covered the whole crown and behind of the head and nape of the neck (sometimes also extending a little way down the back) and had lappets, two large ...
Khepresh. The khepresh (ḫprš) was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the blue crown or war crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often depicted wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies. [ 1 ] While it was once called the war crown by many, modern historians refrain from characterizing it thus.
Wadjet in the form of a winged cobra, depicted in the Tomb of Nefertari, above Anubis (Jackal-like). The Egyptian word wꜣḏ signifies blue and green. It is also the name for the well-known "Eye of the Moon". [ 26 ] Wadjet was usually depicted as an Egyptian cobra, a venomous snake common to the region.
Khafre Enthroned. Khafre Enthroned is a Ka statue of the Pharaoh Khafre, who reigned during the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (c. 2570 BCE). It is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The construction is made of anorthosite gneiss (related to diorite), a valuable, extremely hard, and dark stone brought 400 miles down the Nile River ...
The hedjet, also known as hdt, is the crown worn by the king of Upper (Southern) Egypt. It resembles a bowling pin and is also called the “White One.”. In addition, this crown is one half of the double crown, the pschent. No crowns are known to have been found in any archeological digs.
Various Ancient Egyptian clothes and jewelry including an undecorated tunic (1), a decorated sheath dress (5), a shendyt (2), a cape & skirt ensemble (13), one of the draping styles for the sari-like garment (3) Ancient Egyptian dress can broadly be divided into types of tunics, robes, skirts, and shawls, typically made of linen.