Cleopatra- It looked like a Cobra.
The significance is that his crown symbolized the kingdom's unity ( Upper and Lower Egypt), he wore a double crown: the helmet-like white crown represented Upper Egypt, and the open red crown represented Lower Egypt.
The significance is that his crown symbolized the kingdom's unity ( Upper and Lower Egypt), he wore a double crown: the helmet-like white crown represented Upper Egypt, and the open red crown represented Lower Egypt.
a crown in the size of the teeth
Deshret is the name of the formal ancient Egyptian Red Crown of the Lower Egypt and the desert Red Land on either side of the fertile Nile river basin.
The crown of lower Egypt was red, shaped sort of like a soup ladle with a curly "tail" sticking out from the base of the "handle". The crown of Upper Egypt resembles a bowling pin. The double crown is a combination of both. It almost looks as if the "bowling pin" is inside the "soup ladle.
Before Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were united they both had different crowns. Upper Egypt had a red crown and Lower Egypt had a white crown, and it was sometimes called white Egypt after the crown.
They combined the red crown of upper Egypt and the white crown from lower Egypt
one way is king Menes. he combined the upper Egypt crown with the lower Egypt crown to create the double crown.
The white crown used in Ancient Egypt was wore by the Upper Egypt's ruler before the unification with Lower Egypt. It was known as the Hedjet Crown. The materials of this crown was Made of cloth or felt. The white crown had special associations with the goddess, Nekhbet.
The two kingdoms were unified and a new crown was made, the fusion of upper Egypt's crown and lower Egypt's crown.
The white crown represents upper Egypt. The red crown represents lower Egypt. The blue crown is a war crown.