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The Ancient Egypt Believe That She Is Ma At

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The Goddess that I chose is Ma’at. Most of the Egyptians believe that Ma’at was a goddess with an ostrich feather on her head carrying a scepter in one hand and an ankh in the other. Other Egyptians believe she is a winged goddess. Ma’at is the goddess of truth, justice, and harmony. Ma’at was believed to be connected with the balance of things on Earth. Ma’at is the daughter to the Egyptian sun God Ra and Sister to the air God Shu. Ma’at had a husband known as Thoth. Thoth was the god of the moon and together they were thought to have charted the suns path.

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