Why was the double crown of Egypt important?

Answer 1

1. The Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt is also known as the Pschent crown. King Menes of Memphis founded the First Egyptian Dynasty around 3100 BC and unified the Two Lands of Upper and Lower Egypt. As a symbol of unity between the Two Lands, King Menes created the Double Crown by inserting the White Crown of Upper Egypt into the Red Crown of Lower Egypt. The double crown was an amalgamation of the white crown (Ancient Egyptian name 'hedjet') of Upper Egypt and the red crown (Ancient Egyptian name 'deshret') of Lower Egypt.

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Answer 2

The Double Crown of ancient Egypt was known as the Pschent; the ancient Egyptians called it the 'sekhemti' which means the Two Powerful Ones. It was a combination of Lower Egypt's Red Deshret Crown and Upper Egypt's White Hedjet Crown. It represented the pharoah's power over all of Egypt. It had an Egyptian cobra to symbolize the Lower Egyptian goddess, Wadjet, and an Egyptian vulture to symbolize the Upper Egyptian goddess Nekhbet.

The first pharoah to wear the double crown was Djet. The Pschent was given to all pharoahs from the First Dynasty (~32nd century BCE - 2886 BCE) and onward.

Answer 3

The red and white crowns of Egypt stand for upper and lower egypt. There is a crown worn by Narmer, who united upper and lower Egypt, and shows the bothe the red crown and the white crown one on top of the other.

Answer 4

The ancient Egyptian double crown (shmty) consists of the white crown of upper Egypt (hedjet) inside the red crown of lower Egypt (deshret).

It is thus a half visible white crown covered partly with a red crown with a proboscus-style attatchment out the front.

Answer 5

Truthfully the Double Crown is made of the red crown of Egypt and the white crown of Egypt. The blue crown was usually worn during military campaigns or wars.

Answer 6

Because it meant that the Pharaoh wearing it was the ruler of both Upper and Lower Egypt.