Egypt

From the ancient Egyptians, framing the face, having extentions of the body, enhancements of the body and attatchments have been an essential part of their headdresses. Evolving from cloth to extensions of human hair and embedded jewels and metal in-lay has brought about the most famous of headdresses...The Pharoah and his Queen.

The early Egyptians would shave all their hair off, wear wigs, and wear ornate patterns of cotton, metal hair pieces and feathers. Some colors, design and insignia were deemed only to the royals. The vulture and the cobra was an insignia that was only wore together by Pharoah. His wife was only allowed to wear the vulture regularly and at times, the cobra for ceremonial purposes, as both symbols meant the unification of both lower and upper egypt.

Only the royal family had full headdresses, no one else was allowed to wear them. The expense to make them and the mere duty that Pharoah was a God, made it so. Only diety was allowed to cover his head, that all may remember his face and his power.