Scarab with a Representation of Maat

Scarab with a Representation of Maat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Here a seated figure of the goddess of truth and order, Maat, may be identified by the ostrich feather on her head. She faces a group of hieroglyphs that may refer to one of her divine epithets.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.