Uraeus
Sign in to savethumb|right|drawing of a Uraeus thumb|Statuette of a uraeus, between 722 and 332 BC. Late Period of ancient Egypt|Late Period. [[Museo Egizio Turin.]] thumb|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.]]
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- Symbolism
- Gold uraeus of Senusret II
- As a hieroglyph
- The Blue Crown
- Seraphim
- See also
- Citations
- General sources
- External links
thumb|right|drawing of a Uraeus thumb|Statuette of a uraeus, between 722 and 332 BC. Late Period of ancient Egypt|Late Period. [[Museo Egizio Turin.]] thumb|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 () or ouraeus (Ancient Greek: , ; Egyptian: '', "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.