School III · Lesson 02 of 15
Ma'at: Truth, Balance and the Feather
Core idea: to the ancient Egyptians, the world stayed upright through truth and balance, and every person helped hold it up.
The Lesson
For about 3,000 years, ancient Egypt organized its idea of a good world around one word: Ma'at. It meant truth, justice, balance and right order, all at once. The opposite was isfet: chaos, lies and injustice.
The Egyptians pictured Ma'at as a goddess wearing a single ostrich feather on her head. The feather became the symbol of the whole idea: something light, true and in balance.
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