Do not move the boundary stones on the fields, nor shift the position of the measuring cord. Do not desire a single cubit of land, nor throw down the boundary of the widow.

Wisdom of Amenemope · the original commandment against fraud

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Maat

In ancient Egyptian cosmology, Maat was both a goddess and a principle — the order that holds back chaos (Isfet), the truth that lights the world, the balance that the Pharaoh's job was to maintain. When you died, your heart was weighed on a scale against a single feather of Maat…

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