What was ma’at? A concept? A goddess? You’ve probably heard a bit about the ancient Egyptian idea of ma’at, but there’s a lot of misinformation out there. By the end of this video, you’ll know the 5 things you need in order to understand the ancient Egyptian idea of ma’at.



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This book by Salima Ikram is my favorite general introduction to death, burial, and afterlife beliefs and practices in ancient Egypt. It is a great introduction to a variety of topics related to the afterlife. I like it so much that I use it as the main text in one of my courses:

☥Ikram, Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt https://amzn.to/2wXo6BS




If you’re looking for an introduction to the wider subject of ancient Egyptian religion, this book by Teeter is one I love to use when teaching ancient Egyptian religion. It covers many aspects of ancient Egyptian belief and ritual:

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Mummy icon: freepik [https://www.flaticon.com/authors/freepik] from www.flaticon.com
Winged Ma’at: image by ClkerFreeVectorImages from Pixabay
Seti I statuette offering ma’at: by Wikimedia user Aoineko (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)




Images in video:
Weighing of the heart from papyrus of Ani: © Trustees of the British Museum (EA 10470)
Ma’at goddess: by Jeff Dahl (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Presentation to Osiris in papyrus of Ani: © Trustees of the British Museum (EA 10470)
Scarab with winged Ma’at and “daughter of Re”: MMA 27.3.295
Winged Ma’at: image by ClkerFreeVectorImages from Pixabay
Egyptian world: image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay
Dark water: image by Pexels from Pixabay
Generic pharaoh image: by Jeff Dahl (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Seti I offering ma’at to Osiris, Isis, and Horus: photo by Bernard Dupont (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernied... https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernied...
Seti I statuette offering ma’at: by Wikimedia user Aoineko (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Winged Isis with Osiris from Philae: Kim Bach (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)





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