The Double Crown / Pschent
The Double Crown is the union of the Red and White crowns, brought together in such a way that the Red crown acts as a frame for the White crown. Called the Pschent, the Double crown represented the union of the Two Lands, i.e.: Upper and Lower Egypt. The Pschent crown is also known as the “Sekhemti” or “Two Powers” crown.
The Double Crown is the union of the Red and White crowns, brought together in such a way that the Red crown acts as a frame for the White crown. Called the Pschent, the Double crown represented the union of the Two Lands, i.e.: Upper and Lower Egypt. The Pschent crown is also known as the “Sekhemti” or “Two Powers” crown.
The Blue Crown / Khepresh
The Blue crown is named for Kheper, the God of physical manifestation whose theophany was the scarab, which the Blue crown is thought to resemble or even to represent. The Blue crown is a high domed crown thought to have been made of leather and dyed blue. Often the Blue crown was covered with small golden sequins. The Blue crown became popular during the Eighteenth Dynasty. Although it is often called the “War Crown” because of its frequent use in martial scenes, the Blue crown does not appear to have had a specifically martial significance in reality and is also seen in all manner of other royal scene. A smaller version of the Blue crown, more like a scull cap, was worn by some Egyptian Queens.
The Nekhebet Crown
The Nekhebet crown is a headdress in the form of the Vulture Goddess Nekhebet, tutelary Goddess of Upper Egypt and also a Goddess of motherhood. The Nekhebet crown may have been made from the actual skin and feathers of a vulture shaped into a headdress, or it may have been a made of metal and precious stones –since none have survived no one knows. The Nekhebet crown was worn by Queens of Egypt and is especially associated with the mother of the Heir Apparent or the mother of the reigning King.