Since the Nile River flows upward, Egypt is practically upside down. As a result, the ruling Pharaohs preferred the upper or Northern part of the river and country. This part of the country was crucial to their respective kingdoms and trade routes.
Narmer was the ruler of upper Egypt.
In Ancient Egypt, the land was divided into two parts. They were Lower and Upper Egypt. Their names were backwards- Lower Egypt is more up north, towards the Nile Delta, than Upper Egypt, which is towards where the Nile starts. Each one of the two parts had its own pharaoh. The Upper Pharaoh wore the Hedjet, the crown of Upper Egypt, and the Pharaoh of Lower Egypt wore the Deshret. If a single pharaoh could manage to unite both Upper and Lower Egypt to create one big Egypt, he was The best. He was all-powerful, almost a god. If you could do this, the people would literally worship you. If you could unite the two parts of Egypt, you could fit the Hedjet into the Deshret to make the Sekhemti, also called the Pschent. The two crowns, Hedjet for Upper Egypt, and the Deshret for Lower Egypt, were specifically made for this purpose- they were actually made to fit together like puzzle pieces. If you could wear the Pschent, you were the ultimate Pharaoh. You were almost a god.
The double crown is the crown that ancient Egyptian Pharaohs wore after lower (Northern) and upper (Southern) Egypt were united under one ruler.
A ruler of upper Egypt namedMenes attacked lower Egypt and won. To show that he had won he combined the Red crown of upper Egypt and the White crown of Lower Egypt . By doing this he created the Pharaoh crown.
The pharaohs did not so much as wear special clothing as they would wear their crowns. the white and red combination crowns which connoted the united upper and lower kingdoms and also the uraeus which could have been attached the crown or worn alone.
BOTH!
Narmer also known as Menes ruled upper Egypt and was able to control lower Egypt and unite them both.
Narmer was the ruler of upper Egypt.
King Menes reigned in Egypt from 3407-3346 BC. He was the ruler who unified upper and lower Egypt, and he had four children.
Menes married a woman from the other side of Egypt (Lower I do believe).
Narmer was the ruler of upper Egypt.
Since the Nile River flows upward, Egypt is practically upside down. As a result, the ruling Pharaohs preferred the upper or Northern part of the river and country. This part of the country was crucial to their respective kingdoms and trade routes.
king Menes region was upper Egypt until he attacked lower Egypt and combined the two places and became ruler over bot regions.
The political struggles in Ancient Egypt were reflected in their mythology. Set was considered the ruler of Lower Egypt, and Horus was the ruler of Upper Egypt. Set's followers resisted a unification of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. The followers of Horus then designated Set as chaotic and evil. In the myths Set tricks his brother Osiris into shutting himself in a large box and then murders him. Osiris' sun Horus then avenges his father's murder. --information from Wikipedia
King Menes
In Ancient Egypt, the land was divided into two parts. They were Lower and Upper Egypt. Their names were backwards- Lower Egypt is more up north, towards the Nile Delta, than Upper Egypt, which is towards where the Nile starts. Each one of the two parts had its own pharaoh. The Upper Pharaoh wore the Hedjet, the crown of Upper Egypt, and the Pharaoh of Lower Egypt wore the Deshret. If a single pharaoh could manage to unite both Upper and Lower Egypt to create one big Egypt, he was The best. He was all-powerful, almost a god. If you could do this, the people would literally worship you. If you could unite the two parts of Egypt, you could fit the Hedjet into the Deshret to make the Sekhemti, also called the Pschent. The two crowns, Hedjet for Upper Egypt, and the Deshret for Lower Egypt, were specifically made for this purpose- they were actually made to fit together like puzzle pieces. If you could wear the Pschent, you were the ultimate Pharaoh. You were almost a god.
The double crown is the crown that ancient Egyptian Pharaohs wore after lower (Northern) and upper (Southern) Egypt were united under one ruler.