The Ancient Egyptians believed that in the afterlife, the hearts of the dead were placed on scales and weighed against a feather of truth to assess their purity. Those that failed the test were ...

PUTNEY — On Tuesday, April 29, author Emily A. Weinberg will be at the Putney Library to discuss life in ancient Egypt and share readings from her debut novel, "The Feather of Truth: An Artist's ...

“If the weight of the heart — your soul — is lighter than or equal to the feather of truth then the individual being judged was deemed to be ‘truthful and ‘just’ in this ...