Menes
they wore the double crown to symbolize their rule over Upper and Lower Egypt.
Menes wore a double crown in red and white during his reign as Pharaoh because it symbolized that the lands of upper and lower Egypt were united. Before Menes, upper Egypt wore white and lower Egypt wore red.
The double crown is the crown that ancient Egyptian Pharaohs wore after lower (Northern) and upper (Southern) Egypt were united under one ruler.
The person who started the tradition of a pharoah wearing the double crown was Narmer, who united upper and lower Egypt.
King Tut
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.
they wore the double crown to symbolize their rule over Upper and Lower Egypt.
Pharaohs wore the royal Deshret (Red Crown), Hedjet (White Crown), Peshent (Red and White Crown), Khepresh (Blue Crown) and Nemes (Head-Cloth Crown). The queens wore Cap-Crown or other fancy headdresses).
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.
King Menes wore a white crown when he ruled Upper Egypt. After taking over Lower Egypt he adopted a double crown which was both red and white.
they wore the double crown to symbolize their rule over Upper and Lower Egypt.
they wore the double crown to symbolize their rule over Upper and Lower Egypt.