Hedjet
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Hedjet was the White Crown of pharaonic Upper Egypt. After the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt, it was combined with the Deshret, the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, to form the Pschent, the double cro
A likely predecessor of the White Crown in a Naqada I-II statuette (circa 3500 BC).
Small bronze statuary usage with the hedjet, white crown
Bronze statuette of a Kushite king wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt; 25th Dynasty, 670 BCE, Neues Museum, Berlin
Painted relief of Mentuhotep II from his mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri; 11th Dynasty, c. 2060–2009 BCE
Atef
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Atef is the specific feathered white crown of the ancient Egyptian deity Osiris. It combines the Hedjet, the white crown of Upper Egypt, with curly ostrich feathers on each side of the crown for the O
Hedjet
…royal tombs such as that of Tutankhamun, suggests the crowns may have been passed from one monarch to the next, much as in present-day monarchies. Atef – hedjet crown with feathers identified with Osiris Pschent - combined White Crown (Hedjet) of Upper Egypt with Red Crown (Deshret) of Lower Egypt…
Thutmose III with an Atef
Osiris tomb of Nefertari