The Goddess Maat, guardian of Truth, Justice, and Ethics. The ostrich feather she wears was used to weigh the heart of the dead. If the heart's truth was equal to that of Maat's feather, the dead could enter the afterlife.
What Life Was Like on the Banks of the Nile: Egypt 3050 - 30 BC, Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia, pg. 29
