Ramesses III in an act of adoration
Ramesses III, with his hands raised in adoration, wears the 'Nemes' headdress. The Nemes was an exclusively royal headdress, consisting of a rectangular cloth that was placed on the head of the ruler and passed behind the ears, creating two bands at the sides of the neck that fell over the chest (elements that are often compared to the wings of a falcon in texts), while the back was knotted into a braid that fell down the back. From the wall paintings of royal tombs we know that the hairstyle was in horizontal blue and gold stripes.
