Nemes+Headdress

Nemes Headdress


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**Other Names:**

//Nemes// Crown

The //Nemes// Headdress was a piece of blue and gold striped cloth which covered the forehead, back of the head, and nape of the neck (sometimes also extending a little way down the back) and had two large flaps which hung down behind the ears and in front of both shoulders.

The brow was decorated with the cobra of the goddess Wadjet and occasionally the head of the vulture of the goddess Nekhbet. Worn by the pharaoh, the //Nemes// Headdress is most famously depicted on the gold mask of Tutankhamun. It was sometimes shown on sphinxes as well, including the Great Sphinx of Giza.

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