Two Grounds

The Two Grounds ( Tȝ.wy , Taouy) is one of the names used by the former Egyptians to indicate their country, which they considered - in their political and religious thought - as two distinct but narrowly bound grounds, the High-Egypt and the Low-Egypt, unified under the authority of only one king since Narmer ().

Dualities in the unit

The union of the Two Grounds is represented by a series of duaux symbols giving to the king his legitimacy on the South as on North:

heraldic plants High and of Low-Egypt, the Lotus and the papyrus;
the Pschent, double crown which associates the oblong white crown (Hedjet), of the old kingdom of the South (High-Egypt) and the red crown, punt at raised bottom (Desheret), of the old kingdom of North (Low-Egypt).
In the Titulature of the Pharaons:

the Name of Nebty place the king under the protection of the two goddesses, the white vulture of High-Egypt Nekhbet ( Nḫb.t ) and Ouadjet ( Wȝḏy.t ), the cobra of Low-Egypt.
the Nom of Nesout-bity means “That which belongs ( N (J) ) to the snap ring ( swt ) and to the bee ( bjtj )”, the respective symbols High and of Low-Egypt; it is thus translated by “King de Haute and of Low-Egypt”.

It should be noted that the symbol of the South always precedes that by North. One should not see there a concept of domination, but rather a natural order dictated by the crowned floods of the the Nile.

Panebtaouy is a god whose name means “the Master of the Two Grounds”.

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