Ma'at (Justice) in Ancient Egyptian Art
In ancient Egyptian religion, Ma'at was an idea that became a person who represented truth, justice, and the cosmic order.
Ma'at became The daughter of the sun god Ra, and was associated with Thoth, the god of wisdom.
The ceremony of judgment of the dead was believed to focus upon the weighing of the heart of the deceased in a scale balanced by Ma'at (or her hieroglyph, the ostrich feather), as a test of conformity to proper values.
In its abstract sense, ma'at was the divine order established at creation and reaffirmed at the accession of each new king of Egypt.
This principle was fundamental to ancient Egyptian life and thought and endured to the end of ancient Egyptian history.
Egyptians expressed their deep belief in Ma'at the idea and Ma'at the Personified Goddess in legends, literary texts, religious hymns, statues, amulets, and hieroglyphic inscriptions.
In this video I will present artworks which reflect Ma'at as believed by the ancient Egyptians.
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