2007, Michael Cox, “King Tutankhamun – ruler of every subject under the sun!”, in Tutankhamun and His Tombful of Treasure (Horribly Famous), London: Scholastic Children’s Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 57:
Deshret This red, chair-shaped crown indicated that Tut was ruler of Lower Egypt. Gods and goddesses also wore deshrets, but without the cobra. Tut would mainly wear his deshret to really important ceremonies (he would certainly never be seen wearing it to do the dishes).
The deshrets of the rest of the Legion were polished and plumed with gold and amethyst.
2019, Rand Flem-Ath, Rose Flem-Ath, “The Widow’s Son”, in The Murder of Moses: How an Egyptian Magician Assassinated Moses, Stole His Identity, and Hijacked the Exodus, Rochester, Vt.: Bear & Company, →ISBN:
She [Neith] was a war goddess and huntress whose regalia included a deshret, or red crown, which symbolized Lower Egypt and the fertile Nile basin.
