2006-09-30 23:33:30 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
the double crown symbolised the fact that he was pharoah of upper and lower egypt
2006-09-30 23:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by Simon K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all the Pharoahs wore the double crown. Egypt was divided into two kingdoms. The Lower and the Upper. When Egypt was finally united,both crowns were formed to make a double crown.
2006-10-01 06:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's your first clue as to what is meant by the 'Double Crown'.
As 'Lord of the Two Lands' the pharaoh was the ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. He owned all of the land, made laws, collected taxes, and defended Egypt against foreigners.
Atem is usually depicted as a man wearing the Double Crown (both of the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt). The crowns signify that he is related to rulership over the Two Lands, giving him a close connection with the pharaoh. Horus is also depicted as wearing this crown.
The Double Crown - Pschent. With the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, the red crown and the white crown were combined to become the double crown, known as the "Two Mighty Ones".
The king wore many different crowns and headdresses during Dynastic history. The most familiar are the red crown, the white crown, and the double crown made up of both red and white crowns.
The red crown, or deshret, may very well have originated in Upper Egypt, although it eventually became associated as the symbol of Lower Egypt. A sherd from a large vessel dated to late Naqada I, near the town of Nubt, the city of Set, has a representation in relief of the red crown, and on both the Narmer palette (one side) and macehead the king’s figure is shown wearing the red crown.
The white crown, or hedjet, was always associated with Upper Egypt. On the opposite side of the Narmer Palette, the king now wears the white crown.
The double crown, or pschent, symbolized the king’s rule of both Upper and Lower Egypt, that is, he ruled the Two Lands as one. One early example is on a relief of King Sneferu in the 4th Dynasty. The king did not always wear the double crown. Often he is depicted wearing just the white crown, especially at this early date. The triads of King Menkaure are early examples of the solitary wearing of the white crown.
The second link provided, gives a very detailed history of the double crown, other styles and developments of it.
2006-10-01 08:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The king of Egypt wore a double crown, created from the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Crown of Upper Egypt. It was adorned by a uraeus, which was doubled under the Twenty-fifth Dynasty.
Egyptologist Bob Brier has noted that despite its widespread depiction in royal portraits, no actual ancient Egyptian crown has been discovered. Tutankhamun's tomb, discovered largely intact, did contain such regal items as his crook and flail, but not a crown. Crowns were assumed to have magical properties, and Brier's speculation is that there were items a dead pharaoh could not take with him which therefore had to be passed along to his living successor.
2006-10-01 06:54:14 · answer #4 · answered by Prabhakar G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pharaohs along the Nile River were divided into two kingdoms. Towns in Upper Egypt
supported a kind who wore a white crown. The towns in Lower Egypt followed a king who wore a red
crown.
About 3100 B.C. this changed. An army led by Menes (MEE nees), the king of Upper Egypt, swept north
and overthrew the king of Lower Egypt. Menes, to show his victory, wore a double crown. This crown
combined his white crown with the red crown of Lower Egypt.
2006-10-01 06:37:28 · answer #5 · answered by Polo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The double crown was a combination of the crown of upper Egypt (a white cone) and the crown of lower Egypt (a red cap with a high back) symbolising the merger of the two kingdoms.
There were other crowns too: see more information at http://www.egyptologyonline.com/pharaoh's_crowns.htm
2006-10-02 18:18:53 · answer #6 · answered by Bridget F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The double crown represented Upper and Lower Egypt.
2006-10-01 18:22:57 · answer #7 · answered by bobbi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A double crown showed they ruled over upper and lower Egypt
2006-10-01 08:00:20 · answer #8 · answered by Me luv u long time 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a double crown is 2 crowns that the pharaoh used to wear to symbolize that he rules the upper and the lower Egypt.
King Mee na ruled the upper Egypt and he faught with the ruler of the lower Egypt and united Egypt under his kingdom. so he wore a double crown. his crown and the lower Egypt pharaoh's crown.
2006-10-01 07:41:56 · answer #9 · answered by 6SLV 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The pharaohs wore a double crown; a sort of "hat-like" one representing the kingdom of Upper Egypt, and a circlet one representing the kingdom of Lower Egypt. The "hat-like" one was usually white, and the circlet red.
2006-10-01 06:43:13 · answer #10 · answered by Malene P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
double crown represent Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.(in the begining was 2 states Egypt)
2006-10-01 06:37:15 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋