my own nations superiority does usually seem to include the ancient Egypt, Rome or Greece as per the founding block of civlization that we trace our superiority to, sometimes the Vikings, too.
The depiction is an anachronism: the blue-and-gold headgear looks more like a death mask.
Living pharaohs wore the double crown (s'kh'mty) of Upper and Lower Egypt, one part being white and jug-shaped, the other part being red and tiara-like with an appendage on the front.