What is Pschent?
Q: What is Pschent?
A: Pschent was the name of the Double Crown of Ancient Egypt.
Q: What does sekhemti mean?
A: Sekhemti means the Two Powerful Ones.
Q: What was Pschent made from?
A: Pschent was made from the Red Deshret Crown of Lower Egypt and the White Hedjet Crown of Upper Egypt.
Q: What did the Pschent represent?
A: Pschent was a symbol of the pharaoh's power over all Egypt.
Q: Which animals were used in the design of the Pschent?
A: The design used two animals, a cobra and a vulture.
Q: What were the cobra and vulture called and what were they symbolic of?
A: They were placed on the front of the Pschent and called the Two Ladies. The Egyptian cobra, known as the uraeus, ready to strike, was a symbol for the Lower Egyptian goddess Wadjet. The Egyptian vulture was a symbol for the Upper Egyptian goddess Nekhbet.
Q: Why were the cobra and vulture symbolic of different Egyptian goddesses?
A: The cobra was associated with the goddess Wadjet, who was worshipped in the north, while the vulture was associated with the goddess Nekhbet, who was worshipped in the south. The combination of the two symbols helped to signify the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under one ruler.
