The English word scarab doesn’t only mean beetle, but also a culture of functional and decorative sculptural jewelry based on the beetles. To say an Egyptian official was buried “with a scarab ...

We immediately reported this to the Israel Antiquities Authority.” The amulet Ziv found is shaped like a scarab or a beetle, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in the news release.

The scarab, shaped like a dung beetle, was regarded in ancient Egypt as a symbol of creation, renewal, and the divine. It was believed to be a representation of the Creator God and had a powerful ...

According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, scarab seals are small objects that originate from ancient Egypt “and designed in the shape of a dung beetle," as the Facebook post cited.

A 3-year-old girl in Israel found an ancient Canaanite amulet shaped like a scarab while she was out walking with her family. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The dung beetle was revered in ancient Egypt, considered sacred and a symbol of new life. Nitzan found the scarab at the foot of Tel Azeka, an archaeological mound near Beit Shemesh. Previous ...

In fact, even the insect’s name in Egyptian derives from the verb “to be created”, as ancient Egyptians viewed the scarab as a symbol of the incarnation of god. Archaeologists have been ...

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A "beautiful stone" picked up by a three-year-old girl in Israel has been revealed by archaeologists to be a rare 3,800-year-old scarab amulet. The Bronze Age artefact was found by the toddler ...

Archaeologists have confirmed that a “beautiful stone” picked up by a child in Israel’s Tel Azekah area is actually a Bronze Age scarab amulet made over 3,800 years ago. Ziv Nitzan, 3, found the stone ...