The Double Crown of Ancient Egypt

The double crown, or Pschent, of Egypt is composed from the Red Crown and the White Crown. The double crown showed the Pharaoh's power over all of Egypt.

The double crown bares two emblems of the gods: including the Egyptian Cobra known as Uraeus which symbolized Wadjet's Lower Egypt and the Egyptian Vulture known which represented Nekbet's Upper Egypt.

The double crown was thought to have been invented by the Pharaoh Menes during the early Dynastic Period (3100 - 2686 BCE). Even though Menes is credited with inventing the double crown, the Pharaoh Djet was the first Pharaoh that was recorded wearing the double crown.

Unfortunately, the double crown has not survived through the ages so we do not known the exact materials it was made from, though it was speculated by archeologists that it was either made from cloth or leather. 

The only gods to have worn the double crown were Horus or Atum whom were have though to have a special relationship to the Pharaoh.