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    Uraeus was displayed upon the pharaoh's head, it was, in effect, part of the pharaoh's crown. The pharaoh was recognized only by wearing the Uraeus,...
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    the uraeus, the emblematic cobra that appears frequently in Egyptian art, particularly on royal crowns. The equation of the eye with the uraeus and the...
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    insignia, the uraeus is an ornament attached to crowns (white, red, pschent) and headdresses (nemes, khepresh). The earliest depiction of the uraeus on a royal...
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    Naja (redirect from Naja (Uraeus))
    cobras, Boulengerina for the African forest, water and burrowing cobras, Uraeus for the Egyptian and Cape cobra group and Afronaja for the African spitting...
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    with a snake's head, a woman wearing the uraeus, or a lion headed goddess often wearing the uraeus. The uraeus originally had been her body alone, which...
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    among species of Naja following Van Wallach et al. (2009), with subgenus Uraeus resolved following Trape et al. (2009): The Egyptian cobra is a large species...
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    Pharaoh (section The Uraeus)
    museum, and on the Narmer Macehead. The earliest evidence known of the Uraeus—a rearing cobra—is from the reign of Den from the first dynasty. The cobra...
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    Naja (Uraeus) haje Naja (Uraeus) arabica...
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    unified Egypt. It bore two animal emblems: an Egyptian cobra, known as the uraeus, ready to strike, which symbolized the Lower Egyptian goddess Wadjet; and...
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    as lineage, morphology, and diet. They placed Naja nivea in the subgenus Uraeus, the African nonspitting cobras - Cape cobra (N. nivea), Egyptian cobra...
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  • made of gold beads and red and blue glass beads. In the center of each uraeus is a gold cartouche containing the name of the Aten. The skullcap portion...
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    Canaan had their original sources in Egyptian uraeus iconography. In Egyptian iconography, the uraeus was used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, divinity...
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    times, the vulture appeared alongside the uraeus on the headdresses with which kings were buried. The uraeus and vulture are traditionally interpreted...
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    Naja (Uraeus) haje Naja (Uraeus) arabica...
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  • largely played by a bay Dutch Warmblood stallion named Uraeus. Before his movie career, Uraeus was an FEI dressage star. Ridden by his then-owner Lockie...
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    the Rings: The Return of the King, Mortensen purchased the two horses, Uraeus and Kenny, whom he had ridden and bonded with over the duration of the films...
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    Ramesses II at Abu Simbel. The earliest depiction of the nemes, along with a uraeus, is the ivory label of Den from the 1st Dynasty. It is not a crown in itself...
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    anthropomorphic form, she is depicted wearing a wig, topped either with a uraeus serpent, or a uraeus and solar disk, and she is sometimes depicted as a lion headed...
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    and facial features, apparent royal diadem worn over the head, and the uraeus Egyptian cobra wrapped around the base. Detractors of this theory argue...
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    Naja (Uraeus) haje Naja (Uraeus) arabica...
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    baglike khat headdress with a royal uraeus. Opposite him is the head of a queen wearing the ovoid cap crown often worn by Nefertiti, also with a uraeus....
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  • paralumawigi Breuning, 1980 Monochamus anxius Pascoe, 1866 Monohammus antenor Newman, 1842 Monochamus captiosus Pascoe, 1866 Monochamus uraeus Pascoe, 1866...
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    Egypt. After the unification, the image of Nekhbet joined Wadjet on the uraeus, thereafter, they were shown together as part of the crowns of Egypt. The...
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    On the sphinx's head sits a nemes that has a cobra-shaped tip called a uraeus. The Dendera complex has long been one of the most tourist-accessible ancient...
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    The reverse side of the throne of Pharaoh Tutankhamun with four golden uraeus cobra figures. Gold with lapis lazuli; Valley of the Kings, Thebes (1347–37...
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    Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae Genus: Naja Subgenus: Uraeus Species: N. annulifera Binomial name Naja annulifera Peters, 1854 Synonyms...
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    Naja (Uraeus) haje Naja (Uraeus) arabica...
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    cobra (N. haje) complex (African non-spitting cobras) into the subgenus Uraeus. The group is distinguished from all other cobras due to the presence of...
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    Pius, 160 AD from Alexandria, Egypt. On the reverse to the left, a serpent portrayal of Agathodaimon; to the right, a portrayals of an Uraeus serpent....
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    – Hieracosphinx – Medjed – Serpopard – Set animal – Sphinx - Teka-her - Uraeus Creation myths – Osiris myth Aaru – Akhet – Benben – Duat – Land of Manu...
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