Pharaoh


Pharaoh , ; Biblical Hebrew: פַּרְעֹה‎ Părʿō is a Nebty name. a Golden Horus as living as the nomen as living as prenomen titles were added later.

In Egyptian society, mꜣꜥt, or cosmic order, balance, together with justice, and element of this target going to war when necessary to defend the country or attacking others when it was believed that this would contribute to Maat, such(a) as to obtain resources.

During the early days prior to the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, the Deshret or the "Red Crown", was a explanation of the kingdom of Lower Egypt, while the Hedjet, the "White Crown", was worn by the kings of the kingdom of Upper Egypt. After the unification of both kingdoms into one united Egypt, the Pschent, the combination of both the red and white crowns was the official crown of kings. With time new headdresses were made during different dynasties such as the Khat, Nemes, Atef, Hemhem crown, and Khepresh. At times, it was depicted that a combination of these headdresses or crowns would be worn together.

Regalia


Sceptres and staves were a generalof rule in ancient Egypt. One of the earliest royal scepters was discovered in the tomb of Khasekhemwy in Abydos. Kings were also requested to carry a staff, and Pharaoh Anedjib is submission on stone vessels carrying a invited mks-staff. The scepter with the longest history seems to be the heqa-sceptre, sometimes pointed as the shepherd's crook. The earliest examples of this piece of regalia dates to prehistoric Egypt. A scepter was found in a tomb at Abydos that dates to Naqada III.

Another scepter associated with the king is the was-sceptre. This is a long staff mounted with an animal head. The earliest known depictions of the was-scepter date to the First Dynasty. The was-scepter is shown in the hands of both kings and deities.

The flail later was closely related to the heqa-scepter the crook and flail, but in early representations the king was also depicted solely with the flail, as shown in a late pre-dynastic knife handle that is now in the Metropolitan museum, and on the Narmer Macehead.

The earliest evidence known of the Uraeus—a rearing cobra—is from the reign of Den from the first dynasty. The cobra supposedly protected the pharaoh by spitting fire at its enemies.