# What was the Egyptian Pschent (crown) made from?

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[According to this old thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-royal-crown-made-of-aluminum/643490), it isn’t aluminum. So gold? Perhaps ivory?

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> [@Love\_Rhombus](#):
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> [According to this old thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-royal-crown-made-of-aluminum/643490), it isn’t aluminum. So gold? Perhaps ivory?

I think the double crown was more a style than a specific artifact. There were likely many of them made over the centuries, of a variety of materials.

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The Deshret (red crown of Lower Egypt) was woven according to wikipedia  
Several ancient representations indicate it was woven like a basket from plant fiber such as grass, straw, flax, palm leaf, or reed.  
Regarding the Hedjet (white crown of Upper Egypt) it says:  
Like the deshret, the hedjet may have been woven like a basket from plant fiber such as grass, straw, flax, palm leaf, or reed.  
No example has been found

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No examples have ever been found, but most speculation is that they were woven of plant fibres, like basketry, and possibly covered with fabric, leather or gold leaf.

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I always figured that we would eventually dig up a tomb that had a set - though if they were woven they might have been ceremonially destroyed, or they were passed along to the next one.

Hm, was trying to remember if I knew anybody in the field over in Egypt, to ask them if they know about anything perhaps found at a dig that didn’t really get publicized. I mean, honestly back when they were digging Tut up they were more interested in all the gold and expensive bling they found, a woven wad of reeds would perhaps have been ignored or even tossed.