What is Hedjet?

Q: What is Hedjet?


A: Hedjet is the name for the White Crown of Upper Egypt used in Ancient Egypt.

Q: What color was the crown?


A: The crown was white.

Q: What happened to the Hedjet and the Deshret when Lower and Upper Egypt joined together?


A: When Lower and Upper Egypt joined together, the Hedjet was combined with the Deshret, the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.

Q: What was the Double Crown called after the combination?


A: The Double Crown was called the Pschent.

Q: What was the symbol sometimes used for the Hedjet?


A: The symbol sometimes used for the Hedjet was the vulture goddess Nekhbet.

Q: What was shown next to the head of the cobra goddess Wadjet on the Pschent?


A: The vulture goddess Nekhbet was shown next to the head of the cobra goddess Wadjet on the Pschent.

Q: What is Uraeus?


A: Uraeus is the symbol of the cobra on the Pschent.

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