Maat
Maat is both the goddess and the personification of truth, cosmic balance, and justice. Her ostrich feather represents the truth.
Maat Media
Statue of Maat, adorned with the ostrich feather of truth
Maat wearing the feather of truth
Winged Maat, depicted in The Tomb of Nefertari (1255 BCE)
The heart of Hunefer weighed against the feather of Maat
A section of the Book of the Dead showing the Weighing of the Heart in the Duat using the feather of Maat as the measure in balance
Some of the 42 Judges of Maat are visible, seated and in small size. Maat's feather of truth depicted in the bottom right corner. British Museum, London.
Statuette of a kneeling man, maybe a priest, offering a small Maat figure. Bronze with agemina. Third Intermediate Period/Late Period
Ancient artisans’ village Deir el-Medina in Upper Egypt
Relief of Maat in east upstairs. Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt
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