Vulture crown
The Vulture crown was an ancient Egyptian crown worn by Great Royal Wives and female pharaohs. The Vulture crown was a crown that depicted a vulture, with its two wings hanging from both sides of the head. It was a symbol of protection from the vulture goddess Nekhbet, who often wore this crown when depicted in an anthropomorphic form. These crowns were frequently worn by the Great Royal Wife, high ranking priestesses and female pharaohs. These crowns were also sometimes equipped with the Uraeus, representing both Upper (Nekhbet) and Lower Egypt (the Uraeus).
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 Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II, wearing a vulture crown along with plumes and a sun disk, Nineteenth Dynasty (c. 1255 BCE), QV66, Valley of the Queens, Luxor | |
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Gallery
A relief of Khentkaus I sitting on the throne with a faint Vulture crown, Fifth Dynasty, Pyramid of Khentkaus I, Giza
Ankhesenpepi II wearing a vulture crown while her son, the pharaoh Pepi II, sits on her lap. Sixth Dynasty (ca. 2288-2224 BCE), Egyptian alabaster, Brooklyn Museum
Stela of queen Nubkhaes of the Thirteenth Dynasty in which she is depicted giving offerings to Hathor and Osiris, Louvre Museum, Paris_d2.jpg.webp)
Stela honoring Tetisheri, grandmother of Ahmose I, from Abydos. Eighteenth Dynasty, Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Sketch of a painting from a tomb in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna depicting Merytre-Hatshepsut with her husband Thutmose III, Eighteenth Dynasty
Nodjmet, wife of the High Priest of Amun Herihor, wearing a vulture crown. Book of the Dead of Nodjmet, Twenty-first Dynasty (c. 1064 BCE)
The goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet wearing Vulture crowns along with the Deshret and Hedjet respectively while crowning Ptolemy XIII, Ptolemaic period, Temple of Edfu
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