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Try making a Nemes headdress like Tutankhamun.
You need a square of plain cloth. Most headdresses were of plain white fabric, usually cotton.

Start by putting one edge along your forehead with the rest over your head.
Now bring the sides forward to make the "ears".

You may find it easier if someone helps you the first time.

The headdress had a very practical purpose. In the desert of Egypt it is very hot, so the headdress kept the worst of the heat off and stopped sunburn.

Do you think Tutakhamun wore a headdress like the one you see on his death mask when he was alive? If not, why not?