Monday, July 11, 2011

Ancient Egypt crowns-1



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Egypt Northern kingdom crown or Lower Egypt crown.F-1
It was used by kings of north Egypt before the unification with south of Egypt and usually is painted in red colour and sometimes to be made of gold. Also it bears the cobra-snake goddess of Lower Egypt.

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Egypt Southern kingdom crown or Upper Egypt crown.F-2
It was used by kings of south Egypt before the unification with north of Egypt and usually is painted in white colour and sometimes to be made of silver. Also it bears vulture goddess of Upper Egypt.

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The double crown which combines both local crowns, its first use goes back to king Menes about 3200 B.C, the unifier of Egypt which his vanquish to Lower Egypt was the main cause for Egypt unification to succeed .It bears both goddesses “ the snake and the Vulture”
Painted and written Information by By Yasser Kamel to Museumegypt, All rights reserved. Copyrigt©Museumegypt.  

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