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Pharaoh of Egypt represents a title given
to the kings of the ancient Egypt; the kings were the ancient
Egypt’s political and religious leaders and initially, the
“pharaoh” term was referring to the palace of the king and meant
the “Great House”. Over the history of Egypt the original
meaning of the “pharaoh” term lost till it became one with
“nswt” which is the traditional word for king. In generally, the
pharaoh is depicted wearing an ornate kilt and the Nemes
headdress. Most of the Egypt’s rulers were men but if a female
ruled she also was called pharaoh. The popular belief was that
the pharaohs were the god Horus’ incarnations, the Egypt’s
mythological ruler. In the 18th Dynasty, the term “pharaoh”
appeared in a letter addressed to the king Amenhotep IV, being
the first date when pharaoh involves a person and not a place.
The Egyptian pharaohs used to wear a double crown, made from the
Upper Egypt’s white crown and the Lower Egypt’s red crown.
Sometimes, with special occasions, the pharaoh of Egypt wore a
different shape blue crown. These crowns were adorned by uraeus.
The nemes - which also was worn by pharaoh - was a striped head
cloth, sometimes being in combination with the double crown, as
we can see on the Ramesses II`’s statues at Abu Simbel. The
nemes is known as the most popular headgear of a pharaoh. During
the ceremonies and the rituals, the pharaoh of Egypt used to
wear a beard, which was faked and made from goat hair. Although
the crown of the pharaohs appears in many royal portraits, none
of it was found. It was believed that the crowns had magical
properties and when a pharaoh died the crown was given to the
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