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The Khepresh was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the War Crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often shown wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies. It used to be called a war crown by many, but modern historians refrain from defining it thus.
The Khepresh was made from cloth or leather stained blue and was covered with small yellow sun discs. Like many other royal crowns a uraeus was fastened to its front.
earliest mention of the khepresh is probably on the Cairo Stela 20799 dating from the Second Intermediate Period.
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The Khepresh was an ancient Egyptian royal headdress. It is also known as the War Crown. New Kingdom pharaohs are often shown wearing it in battle, but it was also frequently worn in ceremonies. It used to be called a war crown by many, but modern historians refrain from defining it thus.
The Khepresh was made from cloth or leather stained blue and was covered with small yellow sun discs. Like many other royal crowns a uraeus was fastened to its front.
History
The earliest mention of the khepresh is probably on the Cairo Stela 20799 dating from the Second Intermediate Period. Amenhotep III was apparently the first king to be depicted wearing the Blue Crown, and during the 18th and 19th Dynasties it was worn by some pharaohs as the main crown. Under the Kushite Dynasty (747 to 656 BCE) it is no longer depicted.
The Blue Crown, or War Crown was also represented in hieroglyphs.
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