This golden diadem was found around the head of Tutankhamun's mummy when it was unwrapped by Howard Carter and his team. It features the 'Two Ladies', nebty, who represent the duality of the ancient Egyptian world – the living and the dead, the struggle between the gods Horus and seth, and most particularly the differences between Upper and Lower Egypt.
The Vulture-goddess, Nekhbet had dominion over Lower Egypt, the Cobra-goddess, Wadjyt over Upper Egypt. (These two pieces had actually been separated from the diadem in order to fit the golden portrait mask over the mummy.)
The diadem is inlaid with Egyptian blue and semi-precious stones.