Uraeus

Statuette of Uraeus, between 722 and 332 BC. Late Period. Museo Egizio Turin.
Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy featuring a uraeus, from the Eighteenth Dynasty. The cobra image of Wadjet with the vulture image of Nekhbet represent the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt.

The Uraeus (/jʊəˈrəs/)[1] or Ouraeus (Ancient Greek: Οὐραῖος, Greek pronunciation: [οὐραῖος] ; Egyptian: jꜥrt, "rearing cobra", plural: Uraei) is the stylized, upright form of an Egyptian cobra, used as a symbol of sovereignty, royalty, deity and divine authority in ancient Egypt.

  1. ^ "Uraeus". Dictionary.com. 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2012.