DeshretDeshret, Red Crown(crown asdeterminative)in hieroglyphsDeshret (Ancient Egyptian: 𓂧𓈙𓂋𓏏𓋔, romanized: , lit.'Red One') was the Red Crown of Lower Egypt. It was a red bowl shaped with a protruding curlicue. When combined with the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Egypt, it forms the Pschent (Double Crown), in ancient Egyptian called the sekhemti. The Red Crown in Egyptian languagehieroglyphs eventually was used as the vertical letter "n".
PschentThe pschent (/pskʰént/; Greek) was the double crown worn by rulers in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians generally referred to it as Pa-sekhemty (pꜣ-sḫm.ty), the Two Powerful Ones, from which the Greek term is derived. It combined the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt and the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt. The Pschent represented the pharaoh's power over all of unified Egypt.
UraeusThe uraeus () or ouraeus (Ancient Greek: Οὐραῖος, Greek pronunciation:; Egyptian: , "rearing cobra", plural: uraei) is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra, used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity and divine authority in ancient Egypt. SymbolismThe uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet. She was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and was often depicted as a cobra, as she is the serpent goddess.
Upper EgyptStrip of land on the Nile valley between Nubia and Lower EgyptMap showing Lower Egypt (on the North) and Upper Egypt (on the South)Upper and Lower EgyptIn Egyptian history, the Upper and Lower Egypt period (also known as The Two Lands) was the final stage of prehistoric Egypt and directly preceded the unification of the realm. The conception of Egypt as the Two Lands (Upper and Lower) was an example of the dualism in ancient Egyptian culture and frequently appeared in texts and imagery, including in the titles of Egyptian pharaohs.History of ancient EgyptAncient Egypt spans the period of Egyptian history from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. The pharaonic period, the period in which Egypt was ruled by a pharaoh, is dated from the 32nd century BC, when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified, until the country fell under Macedonian rule in 332 BC.
QustulQustul (Arabic: قسطل, romanized: Qusṭul) is an archaeological cemetery located on the eastern bank of the Nile in Lower Nubia, just opposite of Ballana near the Sudan frontier. The site has archaeological records from the A-Group culture, the New Kingdom of Egypt and the X-Group culture.The site is currently submerged under Lake Nasser.
Lower EgyptLower Egypt (Arabic: مصر السفلى Miṣr as-Suflā) is the northernmost portion of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Lower Egypt is characterized by its rich agricultural lands and strategic location and it played a pivotal role in the rise of ancient Egyptian civilization.
NekhbetMajor cult centerNekhebSymbolVultureNekhbet (; also spelt Nekhebet) is an early predynastic local goddess in Egyptian mythology, who was the patron of the city of Nekheb (her name meaning of Nekheb). Ultimately, she became the patron of Upper Egypt and one of the two patron deities (alongside Wadjet) for all of Ancient Egypt when it was unified.
WadjetMajor cult centerButoSymbolEgyptian cobra
Egyptian languageThe Egyptian language, or ancient Egyptian (r n kmt; 'speech of Egypt'), is an extinct branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family that was spoken in Egypt. It is one of the earliest known written languages, first recorded in the hieroglyphic script in the late 4th millennium BC, and the longest-attested human language with a written record spanning over 5,000 years.
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