2. Royal Pose
Sitting on his throne, this pharaoh
wears a hedjet, the crown of Upper
Egypt, and holds an ankh in one hand
and a dog-headed scepter in the other.
3. Double
Crown
This illustration shows the double
crown, which combined the red crown
of Lower Egypt and the white crown of
Upper Egypt.
4. Blue Crown
Worn by the pharaohs of the New
Kingdom like Tutankhamun, the blue
crown was linked to the sun god.
5. Head-dress
The pharaohs’ striped head-dress was
called the nemes cloth. It was often
worn with a ceremonial beard, a
symbol of royalty.
6. Crook and
flail
The shepherd’s crook (right) and flail
were emblems of the god Osiris and
important parts of a pharaoh’s regalia.
7. This illustration shows Howard Carter
and his team exploring the treasure-
Antechamber packed antechamber of
Tutankahmun’s tomb in 1922.